Protesting Liberian Students Block Presidential Motorcade

Students who were angered by the government's new policy on education, which would force the closure of all schools at the end of July, took the streets.

The Ebola outbreak has altered the Liberian school calender (file photo).

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    New Republic, 3 July 2015

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