Jonathan PayeLayleh

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A Liberian soldiers stops people at a security checkpoint setup to lamp down on people traveling due to the Ebola virus, on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. Soldiers clamped down on people trying to travel to Liberia's capital Thursday from rural areas hard-hit by the Ebola virus hours after the president declared a national state of emergency. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

Africans face long wait for unproven Ebola drug

Jonathan PayeLayleh · August 7, 2014 7:08 pm

According to local reports the sale of water buckets has increased dramatically, because they are used by Liberian people to fill with disinfectant and to wash their hands to prevent the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, in the city of Monrovia, Liberia, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. Dozens of local doctors and medical staff are among the dead, as foreign aid workers are arriving to help fight the Ebola outbreak and the Liberian government Information Minister Lewis Brown announced that all Ebola victims are to be cremated as fears rise that the disease could spread with bodies being buried in residential areas. (AP Photo / Jonathan Paye-Layleh)

Liberia orders cremation of Ebola victims

Jonathan PayeLayleh · August 4, 2014 12:00 pm

Peace Corps evacuates over Ebola as 2 isolated

Jonathan PayeLayleh · July 31, 2014 12:19 am

In this photo taken on Sunday, July 27, 2014, Medical personnel inside a clinic taking care of Ebola patients in the Kenema District on the outskirts of Kenema, Sierra Leone. Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has closed some border crossings and ordered strict quarantines of communities affected by the Ebola outbreak. The announcement late Sunday came a day after Sirleaf formed a new taskforce charged with containing the disease, which has killed 129 people in the country and more than 670 across the region.(AP Photo/ Youssouf Bah)

Liberia president orders new anti-Ebola measures

Jonathan PayeLayleh · July 28, 2014 1:35 pm

In this 2014 photo provided by the Samaritan's Purse aid organization, Dr. Kent Brantly, left, treats an Ebola patient at the Samaritan's Purse Ebola Case Management Center in Monrovia, Liberia. On Saturday, July 26, 2014, the North Carolina-based aid organization said Brantly tested positive for the disease and was being treated at a hospital in Monrovia. (AP Photo/Samaritan's Purse)

Ebola kills Liberian doctor, 2 Americans infected

Jonathan PayeLayleh · July 27, 2014 11:39 pm

People protest outside a hospital as Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf visits the area after Ebola deaths in Monrovia, Liberia, Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Seven people believed to have the Ebola virus have died in recent days in the first deaths reported in the Liberian capital since the outbreak began, a health official said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jonathan Paye-Layleh)

Liberian official: 7 more deaths linked to Ebola

Jonathan PayeLayleh · June 17, 2014 8:27 pm

Liberian women protest for dead husbands’ benefits

Jonathan PayeLayleh · May 29, 2014 5:38 pm

Ex-Liberia president’s daughter appointed mayor

Jonathan PayeLayleh · March 17, 2014 1:30 pm

UN says Liberia sent refugees home illegally

Jonathan PayeLayleh · February 18, 2014 6:40 pm

Audit: Contracts awarded in Liberia violate law

Jonathan PayeLayleh · May 3, 2013 4:59 pm

Liberia’s new top judge vows to implement reforms

Jonathan PayeLayleh · April 18, 2013 11:14 am

Former Liberian president Moses Blah dies

Jonathan PayeLayleh · April 1, 2013 5:22 pm