←

 2014
in
Liberia

→

Decades:
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
  • 2010s
  • 2020s
See also:

Events in the year 2014 in Liberia.

Incumbents

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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.