2013 in Liberia
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Events in the year 2013 in Liberia.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
- Vice President: Joseph Boakai
- Chief Justice: Francis S. Korkpor, Sr.
Events
[edit]- February 11 – A Guinean plane crashes near Monrovia, killing 11 people, including Guineain army officer Lt. General Souleymane Kelefa Diallo. President Sirleaf declares a national day of mourning the next day, February 12.[1]
- February 28 – Acting Monrovia Mayor Mary Broh resigns amidst controversy.[2]
- April 18 – Senior Associate Justice Francis Korkpor is appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia.[3] Korkpor had been serving as Interim Chief Justice ever since Johnnie Lewis' resignation in September 2012.[4]
- June 17 – Liberia makes its first appearance at a G8 summit, due to an invitation from British Prime Minister David Cameron to President Sirleaf.[5]
- June 20 – Liberia sends its first deployment of 50 troops to Mali to join the United Nations peacekeeping mission.[6]
- July 8 – President Sirleaf nominates 15 city mayors, including the renomination of Mary Broh as mayor of Monrovia, following her resignation in February.[7][8]
- July 26 – Unity Party Chairman Varney Sherman serves as the national Independence Day orator, delivering his speech in Tubmanburg.[9]
- August 17 – The Alternative National Congress launches after being certified with the National Elections Commission.[10]
- August 21 – Rodney Sieh, publisher and editor-in-chief of the newspaper FrontPage Africa, is arrested. Sieh was arrested following a conviction of libel against Agricultural Minister Chris Toe by the Supreme Court, and subsequently being unable to pay the $1.5 million dollars dictated by the ruling.[11]
- September 12 – President Sirleaf is awarded the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development by Indian President Pranab Mukherjee.[12]
- September 29 – President Sirleaf makes a state visit to Costa Rica at the invitation of Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla which lasts until October 1.[13]
- November 8 – Rodney Sieh is released from prison.[14]
- Full Date Unknown
- Joshua Milton Blahyi, better known as General Butt Naked, publishes his memoir The Redemption of an African Warlord.[15]
Deaths
[edit]- April 1 – Moses Blah, former President of Liberia (2003), in Monrovia (b. 1947)[16]
- May 19 – Michael Kpakala Francis, Catholic prelate, in Monrovia (b. 1936)[17]
- November 25 – Musue Noha Haddad, journalist, in Monrovia (b. 1968)[18]
References
[edit]- ^ Butty, James (February 12, 2013). "Liberia Declares Day of Mourning for Guinean Plane Crash Victims". Voice of America. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ^ "'Mandingo Dog': Mary Broh Accused of Attack on Birth Certificate Applicants". FrontPage Africa. August 13, 2017. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ^ "His Honor Francis S. Korkpor, Sr". Supreme Court of Liberia. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ^ "President Sirleaf Nominates Associate Justice Francis S. Korkpor as Chief Justice, Cllr. Sie-A-Yeaneh Youh as Associate Justice, of Supreme Court of Liberia". Executive Mansion of Liberia. April 14, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ^ "Liberia Makes First Appearance At G-8 Summit". AllAfrica. June 17, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ^ "Liberia sends first post-war peacekeepers to Mali". Reuters. June 20, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ^ "Liberia: A Second Chance for Mary Broh for Progress". AllAfrica. July 11, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ^ "President Sirleaf Nominates 15 City Mayors, including Monrovia's Mary T. Broh". Executive Mansion of Liberia. July 9, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ^ "We Commend Cllr. Sherman For His "Guts"". The New Dawn Liberia. August 5, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ^ Liberia's Newest Political Party, Alternative National Congress of Liberia Launches Sat. Archived 2014-12-27 at the Wayback Machine FrontPage Africa, 16 August 2013
- ^ "Libel conviction could keep Liberian journalist imprisoned for life". IFEX. September 19, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ^ "Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to get Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace". Biharprabha News. September 11, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ^ "First Elected Female Presidents of Liberia and Costa Rica Hold Historic Meeting; Stress Importance of Visit in Promoting Bilateral Dialogue and Strengthening Diplomatic Ties". Executive Mansion of Liberia. October 1, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ^ "Liberian publisher Rodney Sieh released from prison". IFEX. November 14, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ^ Tabor, Damon (March 6, 2016). "The Greater the Sinner". The New Yorker. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ^ Paye-Layleh, Jonathan (16 April 2014). "Former Liberian president Moses Blah dies". Boston.com. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ^ Butty, James (May 20, 2013). "Former Liberian Catholic Cleric, Michael Francis, Dies at 77". Voice of America. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
- ^ Bartuah, Joe (December 2, 2013). "Liberia: Tribute to the Late Musue Noha Haddad". All Africa. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
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