Liberia: Amid Chatters of Protest, Loyalty Issues, President Weah Gives University President the Ax - Makes Appointments

Monrovia — Hours after the faculty of the University of Liberia laid down their chalks in protest over unpaid salary arears - and an announcement of a plans by students at the University to stage an anti-government protest Friday, President George Manneh Weah has dismissed the University's president Dr. Ophelia Weeks.

Weeks has been on the job since May 2017 when the institution's Board of Trustees endorsed her as its 14th president, replacing Dr. Emmet Dennis who retired in December 2016.

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