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Events in the year 2014 in Liberia.

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Events

  • March 30 – Liberia confirms its first two cases of Ebola in the Foya District in Lofa County.[1]
  • June 25 – Dudley McKinley Thomas is accredited as the Liberian ambassador to the People's Republic of China.[2]
  • July 26 – Tubman University President Dr. Elizabeth Davis Russell served as national Independence Day orator.[3]
  • August 6 – President Sirleaf declares a state of emergency due to the Ebola epidemic.[4]
  • November 13 – President Sirleaf lifts the state of emergency caused by the Ebola epidemic.[5]
  • December 10 – Ebola fighters are declared Time Person of the Year, with Liberian Ebola health care worker Salome Karwah appearing on the cover of the magazine.[6][7]
  • December 20
  • Full Date Unknown

Deaths

  • April 16 – Gyude Bryant, Chairman of the Transitional Government of Liberia (2003–2006), in Monrovia (b. 1949)[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "WHO – Liberia: a country – and its capital – are overwhelmed with Ebola cases". who.int. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015.
  2. ^ "New Liberian Ambassador to China Commits to Strengthening Economic and Political Ties between Liberia and China". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  3. ^ Bartuah, Joe (July 26, 2014). "Liberia's Independence Day Orator Urges Transformation of Mind, Perception And Behavior". Time Magazine. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  4. ^ Williams, Wade (August 7, 2014). "Liberia Struggles to Contain Spread of Ebola, U.S. State Dept. Issues Travel Warning". Time Magazine. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  5. ^ "Ebola state of emergency lifted in Liberia". CBS News. November 13, 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  6. ^ von Drehle, David; Baker, Aryn (December 10, 2014). "The Ebola Fighters". Time Magazine. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  7. ^ Paye-Layleh, Jonathan; Larson, Krista (March 2, 2017). "Ebola health care worker dies after childbirth in Liberia". Time Magazine. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  8. ^ "Liberia delays elections again because of Ebola". ENCA. December 15, 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  9. ^ "Liberia senate race: Landslide win for George Weah". BBC. December 27, 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  10. ^ Lansford, Tom (1924). Political Handbook of the World 2020-2021. Google Books. p. 975.
  11. ^ "Charles Gyude Bryant, Former Liberia Interim President is Dead". FrontPage Africa. 16 April 2014. Archived from the original on 17 April 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
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