‘Second chance’: Chimps used in hepatitis B experiments get comprehensive health checks in Liberia

'Second chance': Chimps used in hepatitis B experiments get comprehensive health checks in Liberia

File phot: A chimpanzee formerly used in research receives a comprehensive health check at a retirement sanctuary for chimpanzees, in Bapakwali, Liberia. Chimpanzees once used in hepatitis B vaccine experiments have undergone comprehensive health checks at a sanctuary in Liberia as part of long-term care aimed at giving the animals a chance to live out … Read more

Liberia received fewer US deportees after some refused to disembark

Liberia received fewer US deportees after some refused to disembark

Only 15 out of 20 migrants who were deported from the United States and sent to Liberia last week disembarked, according to government sources in the west African country, which has agreed to accept a large number of deportees. Liberia received fewer US deportees after some refused to disembark Liberia is the latest African nation … Read more

Why the US is deporting migrants to Liberia instead of their home countries

Why the US is deporting migrants to Liberia instead of their home countries

A plane carrying deportees from the United States arrives at Roberts International Airport, Harbel, near Monrovia, Liberia (Picture credit: Reuters) The United States on Thursday carried out its first deportation under an agreement allowing Liberia to accept up to 1,200 people who are not Liberian nationals, marking one of the Trump administration’s largest efforts yet … Read more

US has sent deportees to many African countries, the latest one being Liberia. Here’s why

US has sent deportees to many African countries, the latest one being Liberia. Here’s why

DAKAR, Senegal — Twenty migrants deported from the United States arrived in Liberia on Thursday, the first group of an eventual 1,200 deportees that the West African country says it will receive from the U.S. under a new deal. US has sent deportees to many African countries, the latest one being Liberia. Here’s why Under … Read more

Liberia agrees to take 1,200 deportees from the United States

Liberia agrees to take 1,200 deportees from the United States

MONROVIA, Liberia — Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the United States, authorities in the West African country said Tuesday, in one of the largest such arrangements under the Trump administration’s policy aimed at deterring illegal migration. Liberia agrees to take 1,200 deportees from the United States The deportees will … Read more