Hundreds of unruly youths have been storming the city's narrow and already congested streets in recent days as campaigners for various candidates in the Montserrado County senatorial race. On Saturday night, hundreds of supporters of the football star George Weah's Congress for Democratic Change brought traffic downtown Monrovia to a halt, with some banging on passing cars and shouting.

"Why can't they hold rallies in secure places instead of roaming the streets in such wild manners", asked one foreigner with the Red Cross. "This is a recipe for disaster if unchecked and with no police presence", she added. Political campaigns here are characterized by street marches as a shown of numerical strength, although many of the youths roam from one party to the other, usually for T-shirts, food and money.