MONROVIA, Liberia — -- Matthew Lincoln died last ... a couple miles from the main road on property that used to be a leper colony, according to a large sign that hangs by the road.

DALLAS-- Thomas Eric Duncan, the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States, grew up next to a leper colony in Liberia and fled years of war before later returning to his country to find ...

As part of the celebrations of National Unification Day in Liberia, a non-profit and humanitarian ... Regional Justice and Security Hub and the Leper Colony in Suakoko, Bong County.

The establishment of the leprosy camp which is popularly known as the Suakoko Leper Colony was done to host severe leper patients who were unable to overcome the fear and stigmatization from their ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Leprosy rarely enters ordinary conversation in modern times – with most references to the disease being restricted to history classes and the Bible. Leprosy was far more widespread in the Middle ...