December 21 'Step Down' Campaign a Threat to Weah Presidency?
A President George Weah "Step Down" campaign is being planned by the Council of Patriots, COP, for December 31, 2019, the same group that organised the June 7, 2019 protests to demand reforms in government. The campaign has been slammed by Senator Sando Johnson during a radio broadcast, where he reminded the country of the "civil crises" Liberia experienced in the past.
President George Weah
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Liberia:
President Weah Makes Further Local Government Appointments
Govt of Liberia, 24 October 2019
Thursday, 24th October 2019 Read more »
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Liberia:
Reflect On History and Stop Stoking Fires
Liberian Observer, 8 October 2019
"Government is not weak," declared Information Minister Eugene Nagbe during a press conference held over the weekend. The press conference was held in the wake of a standoff… Read more »
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Liberia:
Uneasy Is the Head That Wears a Crown for Something Is Indeed Rotten in the State of Denmark
Liberian Observer, 25 September 2019
The English literary genius, William Shakespeare, in Act-III, Scene-1 line 31 of his play "Henry IV", King Henry IV speaks these words: "Uneasy is the head that wears a crown". Read more »
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Liberia:
President Weah Signs 2 Critical Acts Into Law
New Republic, 8 October 2019
Power Theft and National Remuneration Standardization Read more »
InFocus
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Four opposition political parties have threatened a sustained mass action against President George Manneh Weah's administration over the closure of local radio station Roots FM ... Read more »
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International Justice Group, an NGO based in the U.S. has said that Liberia is awash with weapons, in the hands of mostly untrained and ill-disciplined supporters of President ... Read more »
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Members of the four opposition collaborating political parties have called on the international community to urgently investigate the "acts of deliberate violence against peaceful ... Read more »
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I pay homage to not only the signatories of that Accra Comprehensive Peace Agreement that included the Liberian Government, the warring groups at the time, and the parties of the ... Read more »
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Nobel Laureate Leymah Roberta Gbowee who spoke at Liberia's 172nd Independence Day Anniversary celebration, said that Liberians fail to ask the hard questions and end up electing ... Read more »
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This year's July 26 Independence Day celebrations are overshadowed by many distractions like unpaid salaries for civil servants and politically-charged by-elections on July 29, ... Read more »
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Organizers of the strike, The Council of Patriots, want the international community to join the 'long march' but the U.S. ambassador to the country, Christine Elder, says the call ... Read more »