Council of Patriots Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/council-of-patriots/ The low down on African affairs Mon, 06 Jan 2020 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Council of Patriots Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/council-of-patriots/ 32 32 George Weah faces another round of protests in Liberia https://jjcornish.com/2020/01/george-weah-faces-another-round-of-protests-in-liberia/ Mon, 06 Jan 2020 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2020/01/george-weah-faces-another-round-of-protests-in-liberia/ Riot police have fired tear gas and water cannon at thousands of demonstrators in the Liberian capital Monrovia. This is the third round of protests George Weah is facing since taking office as President two years ago. George Weah inherited a country emerging from back to back civil wars and the worst EBOLA outbreak on […]

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]]> Riot police have fired tear gas and water cannon at thousands of demonstrators in the Liberian capital Monrovia.

This is the third round of protests George Weah is facing since taking office as President two years ago.

George Weah inherited a country emerging from back to back civil wars and the worst EBOLA outbreak on the planet.

However he made a number of promises in his campaign to succeed Ellen-Johnson Sirleaf as Liberia’s President.

The activist group known as the Council of Patriots repeatedly reminds him that he is falling short on delivery.

They are protesting Liberia’s deepening economic crisis.

They maintain this is compounded by corruption and mismanagement  of public funds – charges that Weah’s government vehemently denies 

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