Liberia: Residents Protest for Electricity

20 February 2018

Students, officials of government residing in Caldwell Township and ordinary residents of Montserrado County Electoral District#15 woke up here on Monday, 19 February to a nightmare when group of angry residents demanding power for the township held officers of the Police Support Unit or PSU in a standoff.

The entire township with a population of over 5,000 residents has been without electricity for more than a year since solar energy street light poles erected by the Chinese went off.

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