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Liberia: GOL Declares Costa a 'Fugitive'
New Dawn, 17 January 2020
The Government of Liberia has described controversial talk show host Henry P. Costa of Roots FM as a 'fugitive from justice,', saying there's nowhere in the world where a person… Read more »
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West Africa: Legality and Logic - 7 Reasons Why Sierra Leone Will Not Turn Over Henry P. Costa
Liberian Observer, 17 January 2020
I am not a graduate or a student of the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law. Neither do I claim to be a legal scholar or a paralegal, but I have made it my duty as a young activist… Read more »
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Liberia: Costa Reportedly On Way to U.S. After Sierra Leone Rejects Extradition Request
FrontPageAfrica, 16 January 2020
Talk Show host Henry Costa reportedly departed Freetown Sierra Leone via Royal Air Maroc early Thursday morning, despite a late official request Wednesday by the George Manneh-led… Read more »
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Liberia: S. Leone Arrests Council of Patriots Leader Henry Costa - Turning Him Over Wednesday
FrontPageAfrica, 15 January 2020
FrontPageAfrica has been reliably informed that Mr. Henry Costa, chairman of the Council of Patriots (COP) has been arrested in Freetwon, Sierra Leone. Read more »
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Sierra Leone: 'I Will Be Killed If Sierra Leone Returns Me to Liberia', Says Council of Patriots Leader Henry Costa
FrontPageAfrica, 15 January 2020
Mr. Henry Costa, leader of the Council of Patriots, which has been behind a couple of protests against governance lapses in the administration of President George Manneh Weah, says… Read more »
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Liberia: Liberians Delay Day of Rage Against Weah's Rule Over Security Concerns
RFI, 31 December 2019
Thousands had planned to take the capital Monrovia December 30 to force the ex-football star out of office after branding him as 'unfit" to rule the country, barely one year into… Read more »
Critic of Liberia's President Questioned Over Alleged Forgery
The lead organiser of recent anti-government protests Henry Costa is being questioned by Liberian authorities about an alleged forged travel document. He in turn accuses the government of issuing him with the "fraudulent" document.
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Protest organizers, the Council of Patriots, say their announced protest has been moved to January 5 2020, due to intervention by the country's foreign partners. They have also ... Read more »
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What initially started as a mass peaceful protest organized by the Council of Patriots on January 6 later turned chaotic after security forces began using teargas and a water canon ... Read more »
