Sirleaf Makes Changes to Liberia Cabinet
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has tapped Liberia's Ambassador to the UN, Marjon Kamara, to be Minister of Foreign Affairs, replacing Augustine Ngafua who resigned last year to seek political office. Dr. Henrique Tokpa was named.Internal Affairs Minister, while Youth and Sports Minister Eugene Nagbe was moved to the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, succeeding Lewis Brown who was appointed ambassador to an as-yet-unnamed country.
President Sirleaf and members of her cabinet (file photo).
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Liberia:
Ngafuan Praises New Minister
NEWS, 7 January 2016
Former Foreign Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan has congratulated Madam Marjon Kamara on her appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs-designate. Read more »
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Liberia:
Reflections On the Latest Reshuffle
Liberian Observer, 8 January 2016
President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf on Wednesday undertook a Cabinet reshuffle naming a leading Liberian diplomat as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the third woman to hold that… Read more »
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Liberia:
Brown Bids Micat Farewell
New Dawn, 8 January 2016
Outgoing Information Minister Lewis Brown, says Liberia's transformation process is an upward trajectory that is set to build a more just and equitable society fashioned on the… Read more »
InFocus
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Some pundits have described President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's latest appointments of officials as a bombshell. Read more »
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President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has made several new appointments at the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission, Liberia Revenue Authority, Liberia National Police and National ... Read more »
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As President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf approaches the end of her tenure, there is need for strategic changes in the administration in order to achieve its goals, the presidency says. Read more »