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May 21, 2015
Liberia Ponders Site for National Ebola Monument

Government is discussing plans for erecting a site to remember horrific time during which more than 4,000 Liberians died
May 21, 2015
Liberia Ponders Site for a National Ebola Monument

With Liberia being Ebola-free since the beginning of May, the government is discussing plans for erecting a national monument to remember the horrific time during which more than 4,000 Liberians died. One possible site is a cemetery outside Monrovia. It was built to get the crisis under control and symbolically stands for the magnitude of the human tragedy of the epidemic. Benno Muchler reports from Liberia.
April 09, 2015
Some Ebola Victims Concerned They'll Never Get International Aid

While global community has pledged nearly $5B to help West Africa fight, recover from deadly outbreak, systemic fraud, mismanagement in Liberia worries donors
April 07, 2015
Liberia's Early Ebola Response in Ganta Shows Resilience

Reconstructing events from July, when Ebola outbreak started in city of Ganta, shows how residents were brave, resourceful as they battled deadly disease
April 07, 2015
At Porous Liberia Border, Vigilant People Prevent Spread of Ebola

Liberia reopened its borders earlier this year after the Ebola outbreak came under control
March 30, 2015
Liberia Ebola Survivors Complain About Lack of Support

There are an estimated 2,000 Ebola survivors in Liberia
March 26, 2015
Liberia's Almost Last Ebola Patient Grateful but Still Grieving

Beatrice Yardolo was to make history as Liberia’s last Ebola patient. Liberians recently started counting down 42 days, the period that has to go by without a single new infection until the World Health Organization can declare a country Ebola-free. That countdown stopped on March 20 when there was another new case of Ebola, making Yardolo’s story a reminder that Ebola is far from over. Benno Muchler reports from Monrovia.
March 26, 2015
Liberia's Almost-Last Ebola Patient Grateful but Still Grieving

Beatrice Yardolo tells VOA that despite her fame, life is still a struggle as she waits for government's promise of support to arrive
March 18, 2015
Struck by Ebola, A Village Six Months Later

Benno Muchler revisits Margibi County - returning to a village that was terribly affected during the height of the Ebola outbreak. He first went in September with a local burial team. Since then, more than a dozen villagers died. Survivors are devastated and complain about a lack of government help.
March 18, 2015
Liberians Worry Ebola Could Return From Guinea, Sierra Leone

Country's Ebola infection rate has reached zero, prompting government to open borders with neighbors, who are still fighting disease
March 16, 2015
As Ebola Slows, Social Life in Liberia Ramps Up

With new Ebola cases now reportedly down to zero, Liberians are returning to popular beaches and nightclubs
March 12, 2015
Liberia Decoration Day Brings Back Dark Memories of Ebola

Liberians this week observed Decoration Day - when they visit cemeteries to clean dead relatives’ graves and spend time with the departed. But Ebola has changed the observance this year. Some people’s relatives have no graves - they were cremated to stem the Ebola epidemic. Benno Muchler files from Margibi County with reporting from Prince Collins.
March 11, 2015
Liberia Decoration Day Brings Back Dark Memories of Ebola

Virus has changed how Liberians honor their dead - many have no grave to visit, others are fearful they may still catch disease
March 03, 2015
W. African Nations Hit by Ebola Seek More Aid From EU

Outbreak appears to be slowing in Liberia, which recently opened its borders to Guinea and Sierra Leona, causing some concern among Liberians who fear virus' resurgence
December 30, 2014
South Sudanese Losing Hope a Year After Fighting Started

Newly independent nation returned to war earlier this year, after only three years of relative peace; majority of residents are doubtful peace will happen soon
December 22, 2014
Calm Amid Fear in Daily Life in S. Sudan’s Bentiu

Residents have been trying to regain some sense of normalcy, but planning for the future remains uncertain as fear of attacks looms
December 22, 2014
Calm Amid Fear in Daily Life in S. Sudan’s Town of Bentiu

Six months ago, Bentiu was a ghost town. The capital of northern Unity State, near South Sudan’s important oil fields, had changed hands several times in fighting between government forces and rebels. Calm returned in November and since then, residents of Bentiu have been trying to regain some sense of normalcy. Bentiu’s market has reopened there are plans to start school again. But fears of new attacks hang heavy, as Benno Muchler reports from Bentiu.
December 19, 2014
South Sudan’s Bentiu Camp: Making the Youth Better Than Their Fathers

Camp youth leader works to prevent his generation from following gangs, taking up arms against their community
December 17, 2014
In South Sudan, Lots of Anger But No Protests

Although tens of thousands are jobless, analysts say they don't take to the streets because country is a militarized state that suppresses opposition
October 14, 2014
Liberia's JFK Hospital Reopens After Temporary Ebola Exposure

JFK Hospital is Liberia’s largest and one of its oldest medical facilities. The hospital had to close temporarily following the deaths of two leading doctors from Ebola. It is now getting back on its feet, with the maternity ward being the first section to reopen. Benno Muchler has more for VOA News from Monrovia.

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