Diabetes is on the rise globally. Since the 1980s the number of people living with the disease has quadrupled from 108 million to 537 million. This dramatic increase is largely due to the rise in type ...

To win, a candidate must win at least 50 per cent plus one (1) of the votes cast. If no party reaches that, the two parties with the most votes in the first round proceed to a run-off election which ...

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — At least 29 people in Liberia, including 11 children and a pregnant woman, have died in a stampede of worshippers at a Christian ceremony in a densely populated area of the ...

GENEVA, July 4 (UNHCR) - UN refugee agency chief Ruud Lubbers today called for humanitarian access to and safe passage for thousands of refugees and civilians displaced by renewed fighting in Liberia.

GBARNGA, Liberia, Oct 1 (UNHCR) - A UN inter-agency mission dispatched to central Liberia on Tuesday reported that fighting has died down in the region and that displaced Liberians were drifting back ...

Men brandish a human skull during Decoration Day in Monrovia MONROVIA, Liberia—There is a time to mourn and a time to dance. So says Ecclesiastes. It's a passage people cite often in Liberia, where ...

Unity Party flagbearer Joseph Boakai is up against incumbent George Weah of the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) party in a tight race for the top job in Liberia. The tense situation resulted in ...