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Monrovia
ll hell broke Wednesday as rival supporters of football
legend George Weah of the Congress for Democratic
Change and Robert Sirleaf an independent candidate and
son of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, came face to face
in the PHP community. Cars were vandalized and people wounded as
the two rival groups threw stones at each other and chanted slogans
of war.
Supporters of Sirleafs camp say it was the CDC that started the
unprovoked attack on them but supporters of the CDC claim
otherwise.
The violence began on Wednesday afternoon when some former
executives of the CDC went to the Barracks Young Controllers (BYC)
football pitch in the PHP community, to pledge support to Sirleaf. At
the same time the ceremony was going ahead, partisans of the CDC
said to be in a convoy escorting Weah were passing through what is
now termed the Sirleaf zone.
Riot Police officers were swiftly deployed in the area to quell the
skirmishes and put the situation under control and at last, they
succeeded. The CDC partisans walked away and continued their
rallying of Monrovia.
Chief Budu Wilson, former National Vice Chairman of the CDC led
the way to pledge support to the Sirleaf camp. He told FrontPageAfrica
that he was shocked by the actions of the CDC partisans.
Just today about an hour ago, I along with some former members
and executives of the CDC, endorsed the candidacy of Mr. Robert A.
Sirleaf. People identified as CDCians barricaded the premises. They
threw stones, damaged several vehicles; were so surprised, he said
after the incident.
Weah Has Not Delivered
While the Press conference was going on, we received calls and text
messages of threat, threatening us to desist from what we were doing.
But the irony is, we are not partisans of the Congress for Democratic
Change, as for me, I was expelled from the party, other former
members left the party for various reasons.
Wilson said his decision to support Sirleaf is because he finds no
vision in the party. He said Weah has not delivered to youths of the
party who have placed their trust in him.
I see that Robert Sirleaf is development oriented hes especially
concerned about the wellbeing of the young people. What I see him
doing for young people is commendable, he said.
Continued Wilson: The young people of this country need to be
transformed and there must be someone in whom they can repose
their confidence. They have done it for Ambassador Weah but they
are not seeing the reciprocity. People love Ambassador Weah, but
in return, they are not seeing him loving them and Robert Sirleaf is
doing the contrary.
Sirleafs supporters allege the incident, which started around 14:00
Hours GMT was started by a marauding gang led by Rep. Acarous
Moses Gray (District 8, Montserrado County) who reportedly
instructed CDC followers to storm the headquarters, break down the
gate.
Rob Sirleaf Slams CDCs Desperation & Fear
Declaring the attack on what his supporters say is his stronghold,
Sirleaf, whos seeking the Montserrado County Senatorial seat,
slammed an attack on his campaign headquarters Wednesday as a
cowardly act of desperation and fear.
Sirleaf said in a statement late Wednesday that the CDC is in panic
mode due to the increasing and overwhelming support his campaign
is receiving throughout the county.
It continues to sadden us that an institution like the CDC is again
returning to the same "violence at all cost model." The perpetrators of
this wanton act of violence must be brought to justice. Our campaign
Wade C.L. Williams, wade.williams@frontpageafricaonline.com

It continues to sadden us that an institution like the
CDC is again returning to the same violence at all cost
model. The perpetrators of this wanton act of violence
must be brought to justice. Our campaign journey
will remain a peaceful one throughout the entire
democratic process, as we have faith in the good people
of Montserrado County whom deserve a positive future.
- Robert Sirleaf an independent candidate
journey will remain a peaceful one throughout the entire democratic
process, as we have faith in the good people of Montserrado County
whom deserve a positive future.
He said his camp headquartered at Blue Field, PHP-and the home
of BYC Football club was attacked Wednesday and vehicles were
damaged. He said several women campaign volunteers were injured
by a band of supporters from Weahs CDC.
Gray later told LIB24 radio that he was giving the Rob Sirleaf
campaign 72 hours to vacate the premises before their return.
Tantamount to assassination, Gray says
Gray pointed fingers accusing fingers at Sirleafs supporters for what
he termed attempted assassination.
It saddens us that Mr. Sirleaf and his team will seek to shamelessly
issue a statement that seeks to shift blame instead of calling off his
brutal attack dogs who provoked a barbaric and uncivilized situation
by throwing stones at our political gathering. Their action which
included an attack on the vehicle of our flag-bearer and senatorial
candidate Ambassador Weah, is tantamount to assassination and

needs immediate redress, Gray stated.
The CDC lawmaker is demanding an inquiry into the matter. We
demand inquiry into this matter as we were invited by the community
Chair to help with their quest for Safe drinking Water. The Sirleaf
supporters willfully intruded into our gathering and threw stones and
fled into the PHP field and continued the stone throwing from there,
he explained.
Gray questioned the slow pace of the police arrival on the scene
in responding to the violence against supporters of the CDC. We
wonder why the police took so long to arrive as all candidates need
equal protection. We have instructed our supporters to remain law
abiding but we want the Sirleaf team to know that this barbaric act
on their part must be the last of its kind. The National Elections
Commission(NEC) must act now so as to avoid further acts on the
part of Mr. Sirleaf handful of supporters, Gray declared.
The CDC lawmaker declared that the PHP field is not a personal
property of Mr. Sirleaf or his campaign team. The property belongs to
the GOL and the field is intended for the community use just like the
one built in Slipway.
Moses Konneh a supporter of Sirleaf speaking after the clash said the
instruction to stone supporters of Sirleaf was issued by Gray, (CDCDistrict 8).
We were standing at the front there Acarous Gray told the CDC
people to stone the fence saying we dont need any fag (gay) in this
country and the people started throwing rocks, he said. So while they
were throwing rocks, we were fighting to come inside, so we cant get
hurt. The crowd was too much and we could not stand in front of the
crowd. The thing theyre doing is wrong it is not necessary. They hurt
one person. They have no right to come to our party headquarter.
Jefferson Koijee, Youth League Chairman of the CDC told
FrontPageAfrica that the party is ahead in the process and there is no
need to cause disturbance. We are already ahead in this process so
there is no reason to disrupt the process.
The CDC has invested in the process and we cannot cause problem
Koijee said.
He accused supporters of Mr. Sirleaf of attacking CDC supporters and
said the action supporters of Mr. Sirleaf Wednesday is a confirmation
of his promise to make Liberians bleed like Ebola for jeering at him.
The ongoing campaign is a confirmation of the work we have done
over the time. As you may be aware it is Mr. Sirleaf who said he will
squeeze people until their intestines come out. Those were things that
should
have been said in 1990 and not today, said Koijee.
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FrontPage COMMENTARY
EDITORIAL THE PARTY SYSTEM
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Commentary
NO NEED FOR ELECTION

CAMPAIGN VIOLENCE IN
LIBERIAS FRAGILED
DEMOCRACY
Any form of violence at this time when the eyes of the

world is watching, praying and hoping that Liberia
ride through this crisis will send a bad signal and
message that Liberians are a bunch of unserious
people in need of some serious political therapy.
EBOLA-HIT Liberia received a Doze of potential reality
Wednesday when rival supporters of football legend George
Manneh Weah and the independent candidate Robert Alvin Sirleaf
clashed in the PHP Community, the headquarters of Sirleaf.
THE CLASHES came just days after the National Elections
Commission declared open the start of the political campaign
season for the upcoming Special Senatorial elections slated for
December 16, 2014.
VARIATIONS OF WHAT may or may not have triggered the
melee has been cluttering the social media circuits with supporters
of both sides laying to their shares of the spoils of what has now set
up a prelude to what many anticipate would be a rather contentious
elections.
MR. SIRLEAF, in a statement late Wednesday took aim at the
CDC he blamed for the incident he described as a cowardly act
of desperation and fear, suggesting that the grassroot party is in
a panic mode due to the increasing and overwhelming support
his campaign is receiving throughout the county. It continues to
sadden us that an institution like the CDC are again are returning
to the same "violence at all cost model." The perpetrators of this
wanton act of violence must be brought to justice. Our campaign
journey will remain a peaceful one throughout the entire democratic
process, as we have faith in the good people of Montserrado County
whom deserve a positive future.
WEAH ON THE OTHER hand riled up his supporters with jabs of
his own at Sirleaf.
SAID WEAH: "The behavior here today show that Robert Sirleaf
does not mean well for this country. The attitude should in no way
discourage you from supporting CDC; but rather should motivate
you to do more."
REPRESENTATIVE ACAROUS Moses Gray(District 8,
Montserrado County) a former secretary general of the CDC told
FrontPageAfrica late Wednesday that the party is saddened by
claims from the Sirleaf camp. It saddens us that Mr. Sirleaf and his
team will Seek to shamelessly issue a Statement that seeks to shift
blame instead of cutting off his brutal attack dogs who provoke a
barbaric and uncivilized situation, throwing stones at our political
gathering. Their actions today to attack the vehicle off our flag
bearer and senatorial aspirant, Ambassador. Weah is tantamount to
an assassination and needs immediate redress.
THE CDC is demanding an inquiry into the matter insisting that
it was the Sirleaf camp which triggered the melee. We wonder
why the police took so long to arrive as all candidates need equal
protection. We have instructed our supporters to remain law abiding
but we want the Sirleaf team to know that this barbaric act on their
part must be the last of its kind. The NEC must act now so as to
avoid further act on the part of Mr. Sirleafs handful of supporters.
Also The PHP field is not for Mr. Sirleaf or his campaign team.
The property belongs to the Government of Liberia and the field
is intended for the community use like the one built in Slipway.
THE INCIDENT while not as damaging as it could have been drew
riot police who quickly arrived to restore order, but not after several
properties were seen damaged as a result of riot from supporters
of both sides. A despondent Weah urged his supporters not to be
discouraged especially in their beliefs.
HISTORY HAS NOT taken too kind to Liberia and elections.
AS FAR BACK as 1955, when S. David Coleman's Independent
True Whig Party and its ally the Reformation Party were barred
from participation in the presidential elections and took their appeal
to the Supreme Court, tensions have been at the front and center of
elections in Liberia. Coleman and other Independent True Whig
and Reformation Party officials were charged with treason and
sedition, after an alleged attempt on the life of President William
V. S. Tubman. Coleman was killed in a reported shootout when
security forces attempted to arrest him at his Clay-Ashland home.
COLEMAN HAD RISEN to the position of Chairman of the True
Whig Party during the reign of President Edwin Barclay (1930
1944). But relations between the pair deteriorated to such an extent
that the two became political opponents. Coleman then successfully
joined William Tubmans campaign for the presidency but in 1954
switched back to Barclays camp that rivaled with Tubman for
ABORTS DEMOCRACY
he political party is a contemporary form of

dictatorship; it is the latest modern dictatorial
instrument of government, whereby the
part rules the whole. Comprised of a group
as opposed to an individual, a political party is able
nevertheless to attribute a semblance of democracy to
itself through the formation of councils and committees,
and through the propaganda activities of its members.
But a political party is not in any respect a democratic
instrument. It is an organization formed by individuals
who share the same interests, ideas, culture, place or
doctrine. They come together to form a political party so
that they may realize their interests or impose their ideas
or the might of their doctrine on society as a whole, with
the intention of seizing power as a means to implement
their political program.
Democratically, none of these individuals or members of
a political party should rule over a whole people who
constitute diverse interests, opinions, dispositions, places
and beliefs. A political party is a dictatorial instrument of
government which enables those with the same ideas or
interests to rule over the people as a whole. In actual fact
the party constitutes only small minority.
The purpose of organizing a political party is to create
an instrument with which to govern the people, the nonparty members of the populace. Fundamental, political
parties are based on a domineering and despotic theory:
the manipulation of the people by the party leadership
alleges that its rise to power is a means to realizing the
partys objectives, and assumes that its objectives also
represent the aspirations of the people. Such theorizing
is justification for party dictatorship, and it is the theory
presented by any dictatorship.
Regardless of their diversity, political parties set forth
theories that basically the same. Yet it is the plurality of
parties that escalates the struggle for power which usually
supersedes and destroys any achievements gained by the
people, and also subverts any socially beneficial plans.
Such destruction and subversion is meant to justify the
opposition partys attempts to undermine the ruling party
it aims to replace.
In their fight against each other; political parties seldom
engage in armed strife; instead they usually resort to
mud-sling tactics to discredit one another. Their battle
inevitable rages beyond societys vital and prime
interests, and of these some, if not all, may fall victims of
this wrangling and be destroyed.However,this situation
serves to support the arguments of the opposition parties
against the ruling party or coalition.
In order to rule, the opposition party must defeat
the existing instrument of government. To do so,
the opposition must undermine the governments
achievements and cast doubts on its plans, to prove the
incompetence of the current governing instrument even
if these plans were beneficial to society.
Consequently, the interests and programs of society
became the victims of the power struggle raging among
the political parties. Although the struggle for the power
among political parties stimulates political activity, it
nevertheless his a divesting impact on political, social
and economic levels, if invariably, it culminates in
the triumph of just another instrument of power- the
downfall of one political party and the rise of another,
but also in the defeat of the people, and thus the defeat of
democracy. It should be added here that political parties
can also be bribed or corrupted by both internal and
external interests.
Initially, a politically partys formed to represent the
people.However,it does not take long for the party
leadership to become the representative of the party
members, then for the head of the party to become the
representative of the elite. it is clear that this is a game of
deceitful force base on a false form of democracy, which
has underlying selfish and authoritarian intensions that
are fraudulently pursued with maneuvering and political
games, this confirms the fact that the party system is a
modern instrument of dictatorship which the world has
not yet eradicated. It is the dictatorship of the modern
age.
the presidency. After the defeat of ex-President Barclay in the May

1955 presidential elections, the assassination attempt took place (June
22,1955). Coleman, one time Minister of Interior under President
Tubman, was accused of being implied in the assassination plot, was
hunted down by security forces and killed on June 27, together with
his oldest son under conditions that have never become very clear.
The facts that surrounded The Plot That Failed have never been
satisfactorily verified.
THE OCTOBER 15, 1985 election was the first since the April 12,
1980 military coup that brought Samuel Doe to power.
OFFICIAL RESULTS SHOWED that Samuel Doe won the
presidential election with 50.9% of the vote, just enough to avoid
a runoff and his National Democratic Party of Liberia(NDPL) won
large majorities in both houses of the national legislature.
IRONICALLY, the polls were marred by allegations of widespread
fraud and rigging that the current president who ran as a senator
for Montserrado County rejected the results even though she was
declared the winner.
IT WAS WIDELY believed that Jackson F. Does Liberia Action Party
which officially finished second was the actual winner and that Doe
had the ballots counted in a secret location by his handpicked staff.
THE SAD REALITY is the results of those elections triggered the
events that led to years of a bloody civil war as multiple coup attempts,
human rights abuses, corruption and ethnic tensions followed, leading
to the 1989 civil war and subsequent death of Doe in September 1990.
SADLY, IT APPEARS that the death of Doe and the civil war has had
very little impact on Liberians.
IN NOVEMBER 2011, Hundreds of protesters clashed with the police
and United Nations peacekeepers leaving at least one person dead

the day before a presidential runoff that the opposition has vowed to
boycott.
ALL THIS AFTER international observers described the first round
of the presidential election the first since 2005 and only the second
since Liberia emerged from its devastating 14-year conflict as free
and fair.
AT A TIME when Liberia already has its hands full dealing with a
major health epidemic; a deadly Ebola virus outbreak, these elections
must offer promise for a fragile democracy and hope for many
languishing at the bottom of the economic.
ANY FORM of violence at this time when the eye of the world is
watching, praying and hoping that Liberia ride through this crisis;
will send a bad signal and message that Liberians are a bunch of
unserious people in need of some serious political therapy.
WE HAVE COME too far and witnessed so much political turmoil;
yet, life for many poor and indigenous people, remain the same.
THOSE WHO CLAIM to be seeking public offices in hopes of
rescuing people out of poverty and suffering have been riding on the
backs of voters and constituents for years.
THIS MUST NOT be one of those times when we see yet more deaths
and chaos leading to the same results we are experiencing today.
LIBERIA HAS had enough violence, seen a lot of pains, sufferings
and deaths.
WAR, EBOLA and multiple violent turns have taken a lot out of our
existence; a lot from our mindset and taken us decades back. Now is
the time to avoid the trappings of power and the errors of the past that
has brought us nothing but trouble. A Hint to the Wise
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WHAT READERS ARE SAYING

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SENATES REJECTION SYNDROME
PHIL GEORGE TOP COMMENTER
President Sirleaf should fire whoever recommended Mr. Werner to her
for nomination as Minister of Health. This is a disgrace to our country
that a person, a former group home worker with no experience as a
healthcare administrator would be appointed to such critical office is
reprehensible. I hope the senate will stand on principles and not do
the foolish thing by reconsidering this individual for brown envelope.
We all remember the disaster of Robert Kilby. Thanks everyone for
strongly pushing back on this crazy nomination by President Sirleaf.
What the heck is wrong with Ellen? It seems Liberia has become the
dumping ground for mediocre Liberian professionals from the United
States. It's absurd!
JESSE FAHNGON TOP COMMENTER METROPOLITAN
STATE UNIVERSITY
"Mr. Presiding Officers and my colleagues, I move and if I can
be seconded, that a MOTION OF BROWN ENVELOPES BE
CONSIDER IMMEDIATELY before we can confirm the Nominee.
So Second ..."
NYEMADE WANI TOP COMMENTER UNIVERSITY OF
LIBERIA, MONROVIA, LIBERIA CAMPUS
After a careful scrutiny of the resume and credentials, the common
sense is lacking, the illiteracy is too high, the greed is too much,
the stupidity is rampant, and we Liberians have observed that the
Senators lack the requisite qualities to perform in the best interest of
the Liberian people. We therefore reject each and every one of them.
GEORGE K. FAHNBULLEH TOP COMMENTER
This was not about any transferred aggression. Mr. Werner is simply
not qualified. Working in a Philadelphia group home for wayward
youth, does not make you a "clinical therapist." Knowing how to take
care of sick children, does not make you a pediatrician. He is simply
not qualified to build the healthcare system in Liberia.
BENJAMIN ART TOP COMMENTER
Mr. Fahnbulleh, one wonders if you have already forgotten that this
is a well known pattern of behavior by the Liberian Senate. This
is how one Jesse Fahngon puts it ""Mr. Presiding Officers and my
colleagues, I move and if I can be seconded, that a MOTION OF
BROWN ENVELOPES BE CONDIDER IMMEDIATELY before we
can confirm the Nominee. So Second..." How about considering that?
TARNUE MOLUBAH GBELEWALA TOP COMMENTER
Don't worry Mr. Werner, the oldma already have the brown envelopes
ready for those fools.
MASTER SIRYON UNIVERSITY OF LIBERIA
But when the Senate says Mr. Werner does not have the requisite
qualities and qualification to become the Health Minister, could they
SPELL OUT those requisite qualities and qualification they are talking
about? Let's have those deficiencies on book and be informed about
them, so that when the Senate rethinks their stance which they may do
when the brown envelops get delivered, then we will know how Mr.
Werner has quickly attained those missing qualities in no time. And
why the FPA reporter in his story did not answer this question about
the missing qualities and qualification highlighted by the Senate is
something to ponder over too.
FREDERICK JAYWEH TOP COMMENTER EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR AT CENTER FOR IMMIGRANTS AND
IMMIGRATION SERVICES, (CIIS)
Really? How balanced was the House of Senate when it confirmed
Atty. Samuel Kofi Woods who had no formal training and education
to head the Ministry of Public Works? When Atty. Woods was
confirmed by the Senate as Minister of Public Works, he had no
degree in Engineering from any University that I know of. Why pick
on Mr George Werner these late days? Let those in the Senate that
don't love and appreciate Mr. Werner, leave him alone.
GEORGE K. FAHNBULLEH TOP COMMENTER
Any person with in a licensed occupation would show up in the
following database search. Mr. Werner does not show up as ever
having a license in Pennsylvania. http://www.licensepa.state.pa.us/
SELTUE R KARWEAYE SR. TOP COMMENTER 299
FOLLOWERS
Heheheh Complete scam.
GEORGE E. TAYLOR
Sometimes we miss the issues terribly and present misguided
views. What are the issues? Credentials or certification? The issues
lie in whether or not Mr. Werner has an education and measurable
experience that supports his ability to work as lead manager in Public
Health. I think he has demonstrated that he has. Does he have to be
a licensed clinical therapist to be considered as a clinical therapist?
No. I do not know if he is or isn't certified, but the key point is that it
is not an issue for his nomination. (Some states in the U.S. in which
a person with a masters degree in education or psychology may
practice counseling or psychotherapy without a license.) A health
healthcare system can not be built by an individual and it is not the
role of the health minister, so to say Mr. Werner is not qualified to
build the healthcare...
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WHY WEAH WILL WIN MONTSERRADO
The Editor,
n 2014 Weah will win and this is why; Weah has instant name
recognition, he has a large following, the youth see him as one of
them, the common man see him as one of them, yet Liberians see
him as an icon, humanitarian and philanthropist.
In addition he has earned political capital and political relevance. In short
he has a large following, made up of various constituents, and he has
gone through the electoral process twice, thus allowing him to be vetted.
Indeed George Oppong Weah will win because the people see him as a
voice for the voiceless. They see him as one who knows and understands
their plight, therefore they believe he will represent them and speak for
them.
Now let's juxtapose a George Weah with a Robert Sirleaf, and that will
give us an insight into why Robert Sirleaf will be rejected by the Liberian
people. As opposed to George Oppong Weah, they see Robert Sirleaf as a
man who is using "their money", and his political connection and power,
to acquire more power. They see him as acquiring power not to represent
the poor and marginalized in society, but as means of consolidating
power and influence in order to succeed his mother as President. They
see his building of markets and football fields as more of a contrived,
calculated political move, as opposed to a George Weah who was with
them during Liberia's dark days.
Robert reminds people of AB Tolbert. Robert reminds people of the fact
that he is SENIOR adviser to a president whom they consider a "failed
leader". Robert represents the educated people who have failed them.
Robert represents a lifestyle they consider foreign to Liberia.
Therefore their vote against Robert Sirleaf will represent a vote against
a "Sirleaf dynasty". It will represent a vote against what President Sirleaf
stood up to during the days when A.B Tolbert was a lawmaker, and
President Tolbert had a government full of his relatives. They will vote
against Robert Sirleaf because UP has rejected him for moral reasons,
and Liberian society is not ready to make gay rights a political issue.
They will reject Robert Sirleaf because he represents everything that was
wrong with Liberia prior to the 2005 elections.
Why Weah and not Ali Sylla? Ali Sylla should have been the one to take
away the Mandingo voting block, as well as some of the youth vote, but
the miscalculation was in the fact that the president, and her inner circle
refused to support the UP candidate. Instead she decided to support her
"beloved son". This is a decision that will haunt her seriously because
that brought about a split in her Party, and a severe denouncement and
rejection of her son. Ali is now out of the race for "medical reasons", and
Weah's youth and Mamdingo voting block remains intact.
Why not Ben Sanvee? Ben SANVEE is eloquent and has a history of
standing up to the dictator Charles Taylor. As a result he was made Youth
Advisor to Taylor. Some say he used that post to promote youth causes
and that some individuals benefitted from his Advocacy. Others see him
as a member of a despot's regime. They see him not as "A fresh start", but
as more of the status quo, since he is surrounded by Benoni Urey and A.
B Darius Dillon. Ben was brought in to take away the youth vote, but he
does not have a constituency as entrenched as Weah. He may take away
some of the high school and college smart-phone carrying youths, who
are tuned into social media. However I doubt very seriously if he will do
much damage to Weah's base.
Why Weah and not Christopher Neyor? Christopher Neyor for all his
managerial skills, lacks the constituency and following of a George
Weah. In addition he also represents the ruling party which he fell out
with. In his letter to the president he made it clear that he asked for the
President's blessing, but she refused to give it to him. Therefore he will
be rejected by the people because he is a disgruntled member of the
ruling class.
Why not Miatta Fahnbulleh? For all of her advocacy, Ms. Fahnbulleh
represents the ruling elite. She is good friends with the president, and
therefore she does not represent the common man. In addition she does
not have a constituency. Therefore she will be rejected by the people and
will not do much damage to Weah's base of market women.
Why not Joyce Musu Freeman the incumbent? Although she is from the
CDC, and she has failed miserably, she is seen as someone who doesn't
understand the issues. Therefore the big man whose coattail she rode on,
is coming in to fix things. She initially complained to the public that she
would run as an independent. Since then we've not heard from her. If she
keeps her word she too will be rejected.
For all of the reasons outlined above, when the campaigning and voting
is done, that will leave only one person standing. That person will
be none other than George M. Weah; the people's choice, the rags to
riches success story, the one who was "with us during our suffering', the
humanitarian, the icon, the philanthropist, and the UNICEF Goodwill
Ambassador who helped with the disarmament process.
For those who would want to focus on the issues, as oppose to his
popularity, and ask about his "footprints", I will say it speaks for itself.
George Weah's campaign message can be summed up when you watch
the CCTV documentary on his life. He wins when you watch the ESPY
awards presentation narrated by the American Actor Denzel Washington.
He wins when you watch Nelson Mandela speaking about what he
represents to Africa. He wins when you ask Liberians of the voting age
demographic (18-25), (a large percentage of our population) what he
represents to them. He wins when you ask the yannaboy, penpen driver,
market woman, taxi driver, slum dweller and struggling LU student what
he represents to them.
In addition he wins when you listen to the endorsement made by Musa
Bility; who is a powerful businessman, a Mandingo, the LFA President,
and the man who delivered Montserrado for President Sirleaf. He wins
when you hear the endorsement of Representative Edwin Snowe, who
is an influential politician in Montserrado County. He wins because
the ruling party has rejected the son of the president based on moral
grounds. Their Secretary General went on to refer to him as an enemy
of UP, which is an indication that they will canvass for Weah, or one
of his opponents, other than Robert. He wins because 14 out of 17
lawmakers have signaled to their constituents that he is "my choice",
and automatically "your choice". He wins because the people see Robert
as fake and wanting to use "their own money" and resources to buy his
way into power. He wins because Liberians believe that he deserves to be
given a chance, considering all of the characters we have in the Senate.
He wins because people see him as the "son of the soil", who came close
to being president twice. He wins because people like this writer said
he had no governing, executive or leadership experience, therefore he
has decided to "learn government", according to Representative Edwin
Snowe. He wins because he's already been vetted and scrutinized by all
of us. He wins because this is his time to show us that he can translate his
patriotism, humanitarianism and philanthropy into policies and statutes
that will change the lives of the Liberian masses.
My advice to Mr. Weah is to be receptive to constructive criticism after
you win, because we will continue to watch you and scrutinize you, as
you have set expectations very high. The people will be expecting a
whole lot from you in terms of educational reform, health care delivery,
jobs and economic empowerment. When you get there it is my hope that
you will set realistic goals and meet them. It is also my hope that you will
show true leadership by getting your colleagues and party legislatures to
put forth bills and earmark spending on those areas that will affect the
lives of ordinary Liberians.
My fellow Liberians the 14 lawmakers and their constituents,
Representative Edwin Snowe and his constituents, LFA President
Musa Bility and his constituents, Mr. Wilmot Paye and UP, the market
women, yannaboys, penpen drivers, taxi drivers, journalists, youths and
the average voters in Montserrado County, as well as this writer, are all
predicting that In 2014 Weah will win. May Mulbah Morlu's prediction
of vote rigging fail to be a reality.
God bless Liberia, God bless Montserrado and God bless Ambassador
Weah, Mr Robert Sirleaf, Joyce Musu Sumo, Ben Sanvee, Mr.
Christopher Neyor and all of the other 139 candidates vying for office.
May we have a peaceful elections, and post elections celebration.
Bartum N. Kulah MD, MBA
kulahb@icloud.com
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LAW & ORDER
DECISION DAY
Supreme Set to Rule in Writ of
Prohibition Against NOCAL
MonroviarontPageAfrica has learnt that the Supreme Court of

Liberia is expected to rule in a Writ of Prohibition filled
against the National Oil Company of Liberia and its
head, Mr. Randolph McClain within 24 hours beginning
Wednesday morning.
Mr. Harry Greaves, Jr. a Liberian businessman through his legal
counsel, Cllr. Frank Musah Dean and the Dean and Associates
Law Firm filled the petition against NOCAL for its handling of
the sale of offshore blocks LB-6, LB-7, LB-16 and LB-17.
Acting on the Writ of Prohibition filled by Greaves through his
legal counsel, Presiding Associate Justice Philip A. Z. Banks
in a memorandum from the high court issued November 24
cited Greaves and his lawyers and NOCAL to a conference on
Wednesday, November 26.
At the Temple of Justice Wednesday, Mr. Greaves, his lawyers and
representatives from NOCAL were spotted after the conference
with Associate Justice Banks.
Although both NOCAL representatives and the Greaves party
refused to comment on the outcome of the conference held in
closed doors but inside Supreme Court sources hinted that the
high court after hearing the arguments of both sides announced
that it will rule on the Writ of Prohibition within 24 hours.
Greaves through his lawyer is praying the Supreme Court to
restrain and prohibit NOCAL from further proceeding with the
sale of the Liberia Basin Round 2014 covering offshore blocks
LB-6, LB-7, LB-16 and LB-17.
The petition filled by the lawyers representing Greaves stated
Wherefore and in view of the forgoing, petitioner prays for
the issuance of the Alternative Writ of Prohibition against the
respondent, restraining and prohibiting NOCAL from further
proceeding with the Liberia Basin Bid Round 2014 and/or
awarding any oil blocks pursuant to the said Liberia Basin Bid
2014, pending a hearing by Your Honour on the issues involved,
on a date and time to Your Honours convenience; and after a
hearing, Petitioner prays for the issuance of the Peremptory Writ,
prohibiting and restraining the Respondent from ever proceeding
with the Bid Round in the manner and faction it started to
conduct same. Petitioner also prays Your Honour to grant unto
Petitioner any other and further relief as in such cases is made and
provided by law, with cost of these proceedings ruled against the
Respondent the Petition concluded.
Recently the NOCAL announced inviting bidders participate in
the bidding for the sale of the offshore oil blocks but Greaves and
lawyer are arguing that sufficient time was not allowed during the
announcement process and as such the process was carried out in
secrecy and mystery.
Greaves and Lawyer declared Further to count eight (8) herein
above, Petitioner says the Bid Round, as conducted under the
auspices of NOCAL, was shrouded in mystery, secrecy, and
privacy to the extent that either no or little effort was made to
undertake publicity through the print (newspaper) and broadcast
(radio and television) media.
The petitioner also contends that Liberians were not given
sufficient notice on the bidding process and as such it violates
the constitutional rights of Liberians to have equal access to their
resources.
Petitioner says unless this Prohibition is issued to restrain
NOCAL from proceeding, substantial injustice will be done to the
rights of Petitioner and all interested Liberians.
Based on the numerous counts the petitioner sated that the petition
was filled to ensure that the provision of the constitution and rights
of Liberians to equality is adhered to.
Petitioner says this Petition has not been filed for the mere
purpose of delay; but instead, to ensure that the provision
of the 1986 Constitution mandating the Government and its
instrumentalities to manage the national economy and the natural
resources of Liberia in such manner as shall ensure maximum
feasible participation of Liberian citizens under conditions of
equality is adhered to. Our Supreme Court has held that a writ of
prohibition will lie only in cases of manifest necessity. Dennis
vs. Dukuly, 7LLR 212 (1941) stated the petition.
A TUBMAN BIRTHDAY
WITHOUT
THE
BEACHES
Ebola Set To Alter Biggest Beach Holiday In Liberia
Monrovia
or the first time in years
Liberians will have to
do without the beaches
on what is inarguably
the biggest holiday in the Ebolahit post-war nation.
November 29 is the birth
anniversary of Liberias18th
and longest serving president,
William V.S. Tubman, which is
observed as a national holiday.
But this year, the Liberian
government ordered all beaches
operating across the country
closed on November 29.
The shutdown means that a lot of
Liberian who have traditionally
thronged the beaches will be
staying home a shift from the
norms of the past year when
many crowd the beaches and
other entertainment places to
celebrate.
Ironically, the biggest holiday of
the year is set aside for Tubman
who led Liberia from his election
in 1944 until his death in 1971.
Tubman is regarded as the
"father of modern Liberia";
his presidency was marked by
attracting sufficient foreign
investment to modernize the
economy and infrastructure.
During his tenure, Liberia

experienced a period of
prosperity. He also led a policy
of national unity in order to
reduce the social and political
differences between his fellow
Americo-Liberians and the
indigenous Liberians. However,
during his tenure, he became
increasingly authoritarian in his
exercise of power.
This
year,
according
to
Information Minister Isaac
Jackson, the day is being

contained because of the deadly
Ebola outbreak as authorities
look to curb the further spread of
the Ebola virus.
This year, the Liberia National
Police to keep surveillance
at beaches across the country
to apprehend violators as
the government has warned
against gathering at beaches in
violation of the pronouncement
by President Ellen Johnson
REFINED PETROLEUM TOPS THE IMPORT

LIST OF OIL--RICH AFRICAN COUNTRIES
efined
petroleum
tops the import
list of oil--rich
African countries
Refined petroleum was the
most Valuable merchandise
import in 27 African countries
in 2012, including oil--rich
Angola, Egypt, Equatorial
Guinea, Libya and Nigeria,
according to the 2014 Africa
Survey, released recently by
Good Governance Africa

(GGA).
The Africa Survey is a
comprehensive
annual
collection of social, political
and economic indicators for
The continents 55 countries,
compiled from a wide range of
sources.
GGA collected the information
for this release from MITs
Observatory of Economic
Complexity. Primary goods,

such as unprocessed metals and
minerals, are the major exports
in nearly all African countries.
Angolas top three exports are
derived from oil, and make
up 99% of the value of all its
exports. Nigerias top three
exports are also oil--based
and comprise 91% of the value
of Its exports.
Dependency on only a few
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Sirleaf few months ago halting

large gatherings at beaches and
amusement centers due to the
Ebola outbreak.
The government on Wednesday
by
Proclamation
declared
Saturday November 29, 2014,
as the 119th birth Anniversary
of the late President William
V.S. Tubman, and is to be
observed throughout Liberia as a
*National Holiday.
The Proclamation further orders
and directs all government
offices, business houses and
market places to be closed during
the observance from Six Oclock
ante meridian to Six Oclock
post meridian.
The
Proclamation
is
in
consonance with an Act of
Legislature enacted at the 3rd
Session of the 42nd National
Legislature of Liberia, declaring
the birth anniversary of Liberias
18th President William Vacanarat
Shadrach Tubman (November
29, 2014) of each year as a
National Holiday in keeping
with the will of the Liberian
people.
According to a Foreign Ministry
release, the Proclamation is in
recognition of his productive and
meaningful services and policies,
including the Open Door Policy,
the National Unification and
Integration Policy, the granting
of suffrages to Liberian women
as well as the policies on all
social, economic development
nationwide and his contributions
to the emancipation of African
colonial territories into
self-governing statehood.
The
Proclamation
further
declared that the celebration is in
consideration of the numerous
contribution, profound changes
and lasting compliments made

by President Tubman during
his administration as the 18th
President of the Republic of
Liberia, the people, desirous of
showing their deep appreciation,
esteem and approval for
his outstanding, noble and
remarkable
leadership,
did
petition and request the National
Legislature of the Nation to
issue permanent record of their
sentiments in honor of his birth
for posterity.
export products is common on

the continent.
In 17 African countries, the top
three exports account for more
than 80% of the value of All
exports.
In contrast, Moroccos top
three exports represent only a
quarter of its exports.
The beneficiation of Africas
resources happens almost
exclusively in the developed
world.
This leads to situations where
Nigeria and Angola, among the
worlds largest oil producers,
can
Produce some petroleum, but
not enough to satisfy high
internal demand.
Both countries, crippled by an
insufficient public power grid,
use fuel to generate private

electricity.
The sharp drop in petroleum
prices is a huge boon for most
African countries, but the
continents oil-- producing
countries can expect hard
times, said James Stent, a
GGA researcher.
Only a
few countries on the continent
have developed a diverse set of
export products.
CONFIDENT SHERMAN
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Robertsport, Grand Cape

Mount County f his words are like the
Holy Bible and backed by
the show of strength on
display, then Unity Party
chairman Varney Gbotonambi
Sherman could become Grand
Cape Mount County Senator
after December 16.
Cllr. Sherman embarked on a
tour of the county this week,
starting in Robertsport on
Tuesday, six days after the
National Elections Commission
declared campaign activities
officially-opened and was
greeted
by
passionate
supporters at a program before
walking through the principal
streets to his residence.
Sherman believes his chances
are great, having downplayed
a question about the launch of
his campaign.
I didnt launch a campaign.
Today. I visited Robertsport,
Grand Cape Mount County
where I was born, and my
chances are very, very good.
We believe we are going to win
these elections hands down and
very successfully, Sherman
said.
Sherman, the chairman of the
ruling Unity Party is up against
ten candidates, including
Senator Abel Massaley of
Charles Taylors National
Patriotic Party.
Massaley has been a lawmaker
since the David Kpomakporinterim government and had
repeatedly said he will not seek
reelection,
But the Senate committee
chairman on Foreign Relations,
who was Deputy Foreign
Affairs Minister during the
Gyude Bryant-led transitional
government his only time
out of Capitol Building
flipped the cards on his earlier
pronouncement
with
the
writings on the wall.
Sherman says he is unmoved
by Massaley, who regards
him as a godfather of the
county, and downplayed news
that President Ellen JohnsonSirleaf supports the incumbent.
I dont believe it [that
President Sirleaf is supporting
Massaley] but in Cape Mount
[you can] bring the president
of the United States to support
that person, we will beat him.
Let it be [with whoever is
supporting Massaley]. Let him
bring the president of United
States; I will still beat him,
Sherman declared.
The UP chairman is hoping
that the special elections can
produce a Senate that consists
of committed, vision-minded
and caring people who can
stand on their own two feet
men and women of substance
.
Show of strength?
There was no session in the

House of Representatives on
Tuesday as the UP legislative
caucus, led by Speaker
Jenekai Alex Tyler, graced
the chairmans visit in what
pundits believe is a show of
Ruling Unity Party Chair predicts victory as UP caucus

storms Cape Mount in a show of strength
Danesius Marteh, danesius.marteh@frontpageafricaonline.com
strength but Sherman sees it

differently. Thats a show of
companionship. Thats a show
of relationship. Thats a show
of network. You need that to
succeed in the Legislature. It
means that when I go there and
God blesses me I am there, I
will have a relationship and that
is very important to succeed in
the Legislature, he added.
UP
legislative
caucus
chairlady Mariama Fofana
told FrontPageAfrica that the
visit was a worthy initiative.
We got information from SG
Wilmot Paye that the counselor
will be visiting Cape Mount
today and this will be his first
Sherman is supported by Christiana

Tah and Dr. Eugene Shannon

visit in that official campaign.

So we decided to come with
him to tell the people thank you
ahead of time because we know
come December 16 they will
be giving their support to him.
So we have come to identify
with them, to tell them thank
you for sending a great leader
to the House of Senate where
we will be able to work with
him for the betterment of not
only Cape Mount but Liberia.
This is not a [campaign] launch
but you might call it a launch
in a way because you might not
be able to see us like this again
but once a while you will see
us again, said Representative
Fofana of Lofa County.

Also on hand to support
Sherman was Montserrado
County
District
Six
Representative Edwin Snowe
who told Shermans supporters
that the presence so many
lawmakers illustrates the trust
reposed in him.
For us to leave session on
Tuesday and come behind Cllr.
Sherman to Robertsport, you
can only do that for serious
people. You cant do that
for people who need to put
somebodys picture on their
poster in order to win.
Sherman, who dodged our
reporters question about
contesting the pro-tempore

election if he wins, took a jabs
at Kromahs posters in Falie,
Bomie and Fandoh Towns on
his way to Monrovia.
No, no, no, I just want to be
a Senator. When that day [for
the Pro Temp election] comes,
you can ask that question.
When that day comes, you can
ask me that question, said
Sherman, also, about his 2017
presidential ambition.
The ruling party has been in a
fairly messy situation of late
and decisions have been split
down the middle.
Recently, the partys secretarygeneral Wilmot Paye, backed
Cllr. Tiawon Gongloe (left) backs Sherman (right) Mariama Fofana Sherman accepts rooster and Kola Nuts

Varney Sherman
Edwin Snowe
by the executive committee,

rejected Robert Sirleaf, a
candidate in Montserrado
County,
following
the
withdrawal of Ali Sylla due to
medical reason.
Paye said Robert is a creeping
monster
without
moral
credential and credibility but
Robert got the backing of the
youth wing as their choice in
Montserrado where CDCs
Weah is regarded as the
frontrunner.
But President Sirleaf, standardbearer in 2005 and 2011, left
her beloved son in the cold
when she urged partisans
to vote UP candidates in a
presidential release on Monday,
including support for Senators
Prince Johnson of Nimba
and Gbehzohngar Findley
of Grand Bassa Counties
and
Representative
Zoe
Emmanuel Pennoh of Grand
Gedeh County, who have been
endorsed by the party.
Sherman believes the UP
will overcome the trials and
temptations.
Its unfortunate; its very
unfortunate but I am convinced
that we will get over it. I have
a strong belief that when these
elections are over and people
are seated in the Senate we will
all realize that the way to go
forward is to be together. And
the best way to be together is
to respect one another and be
prepared to consult as we go
forward.
I think that will happen
because the thing about Unity
Party is we have the capacity.
We have men and women
who are well trained, welleducated and have the capacity
to move this country forward.
All we need now is to use
that term unity as effectively
and efficiently as we can and
with a level of respect for one
anothera level of humility.
Once we get there, you will see
this country will turn around
and turn around for better,
Sherman concluded.
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Al-Varney Rogers, avarney.rogers@frontpageafricaonline.com
0886304498
A
Monrovia-
s the election
heats up some
candidates
are
losing supporters
while others are gathering
support, the latest candidate
to gain support from the
Muslim
community
is
Robert Sirleaf.
A group of Muslims under
the banner The Consortium
of Muslims in Action to
support Robert A Sirleaf on
Wednesday pledged their
support for the candidacy of
Robert Sirleaf.
This group is a conglomerate
of Muslim organizations in
Montserrado County with
the purpose of promoting
national consciousness and
development.
The organization said it
believes in the promotion of
individuals and institutions
that are involved in capacity
building,
infrastructure
development, equal right and
justice for all.
The Chairman of the
Consortium Vallai Dorley

said their decision to support
candidate Robert Sirleaf
in the upcoming election
is based on his numerous
contributions to Montserrado
County.
As part of our contribution
to our body politics and
national
conversation,
our decision to support,
campaign and vote Hon.
Sirleaf in the upcoming
Montserrado
County
Special Senatorial Election
is based on his numerous
contributions that are not
abstract but conspicuous
throughout the breath and
length of this county, Vallai
said.
Vallai
further
added
Candidate
Sirleaf's
unending desire to improving
the lives of the ordinary
swamp dwellers through
the regular provision of
scholarships, infrastructural
development and the love
for country exhibited by him
influenced this decision of
ours.
Vallai said, the campaign is
a battle between the practical
tangibles and the abstract
doctrine Love for my
country which anybody can
claim.
Vallai argued that for the
past nine years Montserrado
has been underrepresented
by people and institution
with scattered and visionless
agenda.
Today, they are shamelessly
re-running for the same
post with nothing to
show
as
deliverables.
The contradiction is, the
same party that miserably
misrepresented us at the
national legislature, is the
same party carrying another
individual, Vallai said.
He also said the question is,
if the sitting lawmaker did
perform well, why she didnt
represent their party this time
around? Our people eyes are
open and have graduated
from the waving hand
and white handkerchief
politics.
Vallai said, the people of
Montserrado should elect
people in the national
legislature that will properly
articulate their views and
aspirations.
This time around, we
need people in the national
legislature that will properly
articulate the views and
NYENABO FACES PEERS FOR CONFIRMATION,

PROMISES TO RESTORE LIBERIAS LOST SEAT AT EU
Henry Karmo (0886522495) henrykarmo@frontpageafricaonline.com
W
Monrovia-
hether
or
not
Senate
solidarity
could
be
divorce from the hearing of
one of their colleagues is a
question lingering as Senate
cross examines Senator Isaac
Nyenabo, nominee for the post
of Liberias Ambassador in
Brussels and European Union.
Senator Nyenabo and Madam
Wede Brownell former VP for
Instruction at the University
of Liberia faced the Senate
Committee on Foreign Affairs
chaired by Senator Dahn
Morias (Maryland County) to
justify why the body should
confirm them as Ambassador
and
Deputy
Foreign
Minister for Administration

respectively.
During the hearing, nominee
Nyenabo told members of the
committee that when confirmed
as Ambassador Extra Ordinary
Planning Potential to Brussels
and the European Union he
will work to ensure that Liberia
reclaims it lost seat at the level
of the EU and make the country
presence felt in his activities as
Liberias Ambassador.
Senator Nyeanbo has served
the Liberian senate for 9 years
as Senator of Grand Gedeh
County and also in the capacity
of Pro-temp though he was
voted out by his colleagues.
As senator he has always
fought to protect the interest
of the Executive Branch of
Government at the level of the

senate with evidence of his
stance in many cases some of
which include; Madam Mary
Broh, Dr. Walter Gwenigale
and the President request for
additional powers.
Is Nyenabo qualified for the
post?
On Tuesday the Plenary of the
Liberian senate rejected the
nomination of Health Minister
Designate George Werner on
grounds that he does not have
the requisite qualification to
hold the position and many
are concerned whether their
colleague meets the requisite
qualification
to
represent
Liberia in Diplomatic service.
According to investigation
Nyenabo has a background
in general administrative and

managerial skill with specialty
in
Finance,
International
Relations, and Politics.
He has over the years proven
to have very high interpersonal
skills, confidence and good
leadership abilities and a
person with a very influential,
articulate, persuasive, ability to
motivate and communicate.
He also holds credentials
in
several
professional
disciplines some of which
include; Master of Public
Administration (MPA) in
Public Sector Management
Summa Cum Laude (GPA
3.80), 2010 2012, Master
of Business Administration
(MBA) Magna Cum Laude
(GPA 3.61),
in Finance,
aspirations of the most

populous county both on
the Senates floor and also
in committee room, Vallai
added.
And we are strongly
convinced that Hon. Robert
Sirleaf has the exuberance
and tenacity to deliver as
he has always done, Vallai
said.
Vallai added that they are

prepared to come all out to
ensure that candidate Robert
Sirleaf wins the election.
The dice is cast; the
probability is certain; no
turning back!
We will
vigorously campaign for
Hon. Sirleaf, Vallai said.
2009 2011, Cuttington

University Graduate School of
Professional Studies, Master
of Arts (MA) Summa Cum
Laude (GPA 3.92),
in
International Relations &
Diplomacy, Ibrahim Babangida
School
of
International
Relations,
University
of
Liberia, Capitol Hill, 2008
2010.
The nominee Nyenabo also
holds Certificate, 18th Annual
International
Anti-Money
Laundering
Conference
(ACAMS Money Laundering)
in Hollywood, Florida US,
March 18-20, 2013, Certificate,
Integrated
Financial
Management System, World
Bank Institute, Nairobi, Kenya,
November 2004, Certificate,
Post-graduate Studies (Public
Budgeting), Gambia Institute
of Financial Management

(GIFM), Banjul, The Gambia,
September 1994, Certificate,
Post-graduate
Studies
(Supervision & Management),
Nigerian Monetary Institute
(NMI),
Lagos,
Nigeria,
September 1992 amongst
others.
Prior to his election as Senator
for Grand Gedeh County
he served at the Ministry
of Finance as Comptroller
during the interim National
Transitional Government of
Liberia (NTGL).
The other nominee, Dr.
Brownell whose activities
at the University of Liberia
(UL) the nations highest
institution of learning were
marred by controversy during
her service as Vice President
for Instruction (VPI) at her
confirmation hearing for a new

portfolio in Diplomacy told
members of the senate foreign
affairs that she has learnt from
her past.
Though she did not say in
detail what she meant by her
statement but told the senate
that to effect change in an
institution there is a need to get
the backing from the leaders
but failed to say whether or
not her statement was meant
for Dr. Emmett Dennis current
President of the University of
Liberia who served as her boss
during her days at the UL.
Dr. Brownell said, with her
background
in
financial
management she will work
diligently if confirmed by the
Liberian senate to improve
the challenge of all foreign
missions offices, resolving
issues such as late payment
of rents and diplomats getting
stranded.
On whether her removal from
the UL was because of poor
human relations she said;
because at the University I
realized that people who were
employed by the University
to teach our children were
doing full time jobs in other
places and when I decided to
change that people who were
benefiting from such act felt
threatened and rose against
me.
Students who did not sit in
class were buying grades,
faculty members were bold
enough to put their numbers on
the board to for students to call
and buy grades, Dr. Brownell
declared.
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EBOLA
can ultimately cost people

their lives, he said. If they
unknowingly get contaminated,
they could take it back to their
communities and infect their
loved ones so we really want
them to be careful and use the
buddy system when taking off
their PPE.
After practicing with their PPE,
the health care workers are
separated into their respective
clinician and hygienist groups.
While clinicians learn about
methods for providing medical
care for patients, hygienists learn
how to spray down body bags
and safely clean up bodily fluids.
An ETU environment demands
health care workers pay extensive
attention to detail while working
in PPE that covers every inch
of their bodies. While health
care workers are training for the
physical toll, instructors help
prepare teams for the emotional
toll as well.
John Nell, a medical team
leader with Quicksilver Group
International, will not be
providing direct medical care to
Ebola patients; however, he is in
charge of a team of doctors who
will treat them.
I think that by being part of the
training and going through it with
them, I am in a better position
to understand exactly what the
team will be going through in the
ETU, said Nell, a South African
native and attorney by trade.
The student pool includes
individuals
with
various
were not taught how to use this
career backgrounds, languages
PPE. That is the first mistake
and dialects, but despite the
I have seen from most of the
differences, instructors have
health care workers; they were
received positive feedback.
not taught how to wear the PPE
Im finding the training to be
or how to take it off. Its a skill
absolutely awesome, said Nell.
and a gradual process to get used
When we came here, we were
to.
a little apprehensive about how
Although service members
we were going to fit in and how
had less than a month to say
things would work, but I find the
goodbye to family and friends,
training is very structured, very
Air Force Staff Sgt. Dominique
informative and it empowers us
Blea, instructor, DET-3, said the
so that we gain confidence.
mission has been worth it.
In the beginning, the service
Even though we may miss
members told Favand they
home, we understand this is
were scared of getting infected
what we have to do, said
with Ebola, but now they are
Blea. Hearing the locals speak
glad they came on the mission
highly of not only the American
because they see a benefit of
population but also the Army, the
what they do.
Air Force and seeing how much
They recognize theyre safe
they look up to us and how much
and we see Ebola numbers
it means for us to be here, makes
decreasing in this country, said
you feel good.
Favand. Thats not just the U.S.
The key factor to survival for
military, thats a combination of
health care workers: personal
all efforts coming together for a
protective gear
community. I think the Soldiers
On days two through four,
on the ground, for the most part,
health care workers practice the
are seeing the benefit of what
extensive and fragile process of
they do. I just want to assure
donning and doffing putting on
family members back home that
and taking off their PPE.
were doing everything possible
The room is stifling and the
to keep their service member
only relief comes from roomsafe.
temperature water and sporadic
Despite the extensive media
fans. Training must simulate the
coverage regarding the Ebola
real deal to better prepare these
outbreak, which can include
workers who could be working in
nonfactual
information,
ETUs with little more than a roof
Thompson said he encourages
and four walls. Learning proper
families to get the accurate
hygiene, waste management
information before believing all
and memorizing the multi-step
of the rumors.
process for donning and doffing
Since he now knows how the
their PPE are some of the aspects
Ebola virus is contracted and
of training.
what signs and symptoms to
Correctly doffing the PPE is one
look for, Thompson said he feels
of the more essential steps in this
completely safe.
procedure because it really takes
Service members are required
a lot of focus and attention to
to carry a set of gloves and
detail to not spread the EVD if
facemask on them at all times.
the gear has been contaminated,
Hand washing stations are at the
said Blea.
entrance of buildings with a high
The goal of this course is twovolume of traffic. Additionally,
fold: teach ETU workers how
troops have their temperature
to stop this virus from spreading
checked twice daily and take
and, ultimately, how to stay alive
anti-malarial medication.
in the process.
This is not the time to hide
This is where mistakes
TROOPS FIGHT EBOLA THROUGH

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Monrovia
34-year-old
man
enters
an
Ebola
treatment
unit
speaking
another
language. He looks cold, sickly
and frustrated.
An ETU volunteer is screening
a woman for the Ebola Virus
Disease and her test comes back
positive. She is admitted into the
ETU; however, she refuses to go
with the clinicians because she
has two small children waiting
outside. She claims she is their
only caretaker.
These are the types of scenarios
happening in ETUs, and these
scenarios are what ETU health
care workers are prepared
for during the five-day Ebola
Treatment Unit Course led by
the U.S. military, Joint Forces
Command United Assistance,
at the National Police Training
Academy in Monrovia, Liberia.
The curriculum
students
and
the
The Department of Defense

Ebola Treatment Training Team
offers classes at the NPTA as well
as two mobile classes that go out
to the more remote locations to
train health care workers.
Weve been directed to conduct
training on how to work in
an ETU, in support of [the
U.S. Agency for International
Development], said Col. Laura
Favand, chief of training for the
DET-3, JFC-UA. That was one
of two keys roles for the DoD.
One was to build the ETUs that
are required and the other was to
train the personnel who would
work in them.
We recognized that education
was a key role in managing the
Ebola outbreak, and the country
did very well before we even
got here, said Favand, who
has served for 25 years. They
started doing hand washing; they
changed their burial practices;
they recognized the need for
specific Ebola treatment [units].
However, they didnt have the

personnel to train everybody
who needed the training and
thats where we came in.
The Liberian Ministry of
Health and the World Health
Organization
screen
ETU
applicants who come from
various
backgrounds,
said
Favand. Health care workers
come from nongovernmental
organizations across the world
to include Germany, Nigeria and
South Africa. American troops
and soldiers in the Armed Forces
of Liberia also take the class, but
their purpose for being there is
for education only.
Any health care worker can get
an entire weeks training to fully
understand the things you have to
be cautious of with Ebola, said
Favand. So if theyre in their aid
station and somebody comes in
with a certain set of symptoms,
they have a better understanding
of how to identify if its malaria,
Ebola or Lassa fever. Its another
way to help protect the troops.
The AFL soldiers are coming
in the same capacity as our
Soldiers, but because this is their
country and they feel training is
valuable, theyve joined us.
Clinicians
and
hygienists
are separated for portions of
the program and presented
curriculum relevant to their role
in the ETU. Clinicians include
doctors, nurses and physicians
assistants. Hygienists include
those who will care for the
upkeep of the unit.
On the clinician side, we do
clinical cases and teach how
to assess whether or not a
patient has Ebola, how to treat
Ebola patients and the process
to discharge them home or,
unfortunately, if theyve passed
away, how to manage the
bodies, said Favand.
Hygienists are taught how to
appropriately and safely clean
the treatment unit, how to mix
bleach and water, and how to
manage the bodies, she said.
Class begins
Using the WHOs curriculum,
which instructors have already
successfully completed, service
members begin day one with
an overview class on EVD and
infection prevention.
In a breezeless room filled
with little more than tables,
chairs and Meals, Ready to Eat,
service members train health
care workers on how to operate
an ETU. In an environment
where something as simple as
improperly washing their hands
can be life threatening, its vital
these workers learn here rather
than in an active ETU.
After an overview of EVD,
the class participates in a hand
washing exercise followed by
an introduction to the mock
ETU and the personal protective
equipment.
We teach them what they need
to know to protect themselves,
to protect their family and get
rid of the virus, said Air Force
Senior Airman Kyle Thompson,
instructor, DET-3. A lot of the
people here have family or know
someone who has died, and
theyre just overly grateful were
here to teach them how to take
care of their loved ones. Were
the ones training the Liberians
on how to fight EVD, but were
leaving it up to them to make the
right decisions.
Several Liberians, including
medical
and
nonmedical
personnel, are participating in
the class.
To save lives, Im being trained
to protect myself first before
helping the patients, and these
classes have helped my fear of
getting infected with Ebola to go
away, said James Gaylor, social
worker and ETU course student.
Gaylor, a native of Lofa County,
Liberia, said prior to the ETU
course, he wasnt trained on the
proper way to wash his hands or
wear the PPE.
Im very glad I could be here
for this training, he said. We

being sick, said Favand. We
address everything early, and we
dont want anybody to hide their
illness.
Test day
Day five tests the knowledge and
skills the health care workers
have developed over the past
week.
Students are tested on the fifth
day by going through a mock
ETU, said Favand. They go
through the mock ETU as a
team and don their PPE in buddy
teams so they learn to check each
other for exposed skin. Then
they have five patient scenarios
to go through in separate rooms,
including patients who are
combative and a patient who has
passed away. From caring for the
patient to properly disinfecting
the rooms, the teams are tested
on their ability to safely handle
various situations they may face
in an ETU.
In addition to the feedback
instructors give health care
workers as they go through the
mock ETU, survivors of the
Ebola outbreak participate as
expert patients.
The patients who play in the
scenarios are Ebola survivors
and they give feedback to the
teams immediately after each
of the scenarios are completed,
said Favand. They know exactly
what should be done to take care
of them.
One perspective these expert
patients remind health care
workers of is how foreign they
look in their PPE to patients,
said Favand. They emphasize
the importance of showing
compassion through their mask
and gloves to patients who
may seem frightened of their
appearance.
The final station in the mock ETU
is where the teams remove their
PPE. For safety purposes, every
ETU requires one supervisor to
watch one health care worker
remove their PPE.
Helping their own
Part of this mission here is to
essentially raise courage and
confidence in people to get rid of
this virus, said Thompson.
These people are really
wanting to help themselves,
said Thompson. Theyre very
proactive. Its not a lack of
want; its a lack of know-how.
Were here to teach them how
to prevent Ebola from spreading
and theyre listening to us and
taking those prescribed steps
seriously to help their own people
recover from this epidemic. I
think taking the fight to the main
source is definitely key to getting
rid of the virus.
While American troops and
volunteers from around the
world are helping combat the
Ebola outbreak, for natives of
Africa, this training and mission
hits closer to home.
Theres a part of me that is here
for the humanitarian aspect of it,
said Nell. Im from Africa and
there are Africans who need our
help. For me its an opportunity
to contribute and improve things
and hopefully to leave Liberia a
better place once weve left.
We want to take care of our
people and now we have the
training to take back to our
communities and teach them
how to stop this infection from
spreading, said Gaylor.
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HEALTH
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STOP
INFECTING
OTHERS
Deputy Ebola Incident Manager warns survivors
Stephen D. Kollie, Stephen.kollie@frontpageafricaonline.com
Monrovia he Chief Medical

Officer of Jackson
F. Doe Memorial
Hospital and Deputy
Incident Manager for medical
services at the Ebola Incident
Management System has
warned survivors of the deadly

Ebola Virus Disease to refrain
from infecting others through
sexual intercourse.
Dr. Francis Kateh Wednesday
told a Ministry of Information
regular Ebola update news
conference that they have
receive cases in which

survivors of the Ebola
diseased transmit the virus to
their partners through sexual
intercourse and that the
behavior is leading to further
spread of the virus.
Said Dr. Kateh: With in semen
you get (Ebola) up to ninety
days even after you recover.
We are getting cases now
where people are not taking
these necessary precautions.
They leave from the treatment
center as survivors and they go
back and infect their partners.
We are begging you all to
please stop. It is not good for
the men and for the women.
Accoding to Dr. Kateh, the
Virus stays in a female sexual
organ between 43-44 days
while it lasts in male semen

for about ninety days even
after they survivor from the
virus.
He advised survivors to
carryout
protected
sex
measures by persistently
using condoms during sexual
intercourse with their partners
or abstain from sex until the
stipulated times elapse.
Please, please, it is not going
to go away. You cannot serve
as a conduit to infect your
partner, someone that you
love, some one that you care
about and so forth. It is not
right, he said.
Commenting further on the
governments goal to reach
zero new cases of Ebola by
Christmas, JFD Boss noted
that it will require a collective

commitment from everyone to
see the virus down to zero.
He said commitment does not
come alone but with integrity,
adding that the combination
of commitment and integrity
leads to success.
Explained Dr. Kateh: And
when you hit success, success
leads you to zero. So that is
the path we are taking towards
going to zero as we move
towards RITE strategy. One
of the things that we have
seen during the process of
fighting Ebola is that when
the community got involved
we saw a drastic change. In
disaster preparedness, we
learned that every disaster
begins at the community and
it ends at the community

so the community has to be
empowered, educated and
take ownership. And when the
community takes ownership
definitely success is just close.
To fully ensure to get RITE
right is to empower the county
health team.
Dr. Kateh maintained that
the Incident Management
System is using the Rapid
Isolation and Treatment of
Ebola (RITE) strategy to now
combat the pockets of Ebola
outbreak across the country.
The RITE strategy is what we
think will be the best solution
in order to make sure that we
get to zero, he said.
COMMERCIAL DRIVERS TO BENEFIT FROM EBOLA TRAINING
A
Monrovia-
Al-Varney Rogers avarney.rogers@frontpageafricaonline.com 088630449
s the Ebola crisis is

gradually drawing
down new measures
and programs are
being put in place to prevent a
relapse of the epidemic.
The latest program designed to
curb the spread of the virus is
being done by the Federation
of Road Transport Union of
Liberia.
Over one thousand members of
the Federation of Road Transport
Union of Liberia will shortly
benefit from an anti-Ebola
training workshop.
The President of FRTUL William
Papa Flomo said, the project
will target five cities in Liberia
adding that the decision to select
cities is based on population and

rate of infection in cities.
This project will target five
cities in Liberia which are
densely populated and hardly
hit by the Ebola virus disease,
Flomo said.
According to Flomo the cities to
benefit from the project include
Monrovia, Ganta, Voinjama,
Gbarnga, and Buchanan.
Flomo said that the first set of
training will begin in Monrovia
on November 27, 2014 targeting
six drivers adding that about six
hundred drivers in Monrovia will
benefit from the training.
Flomo further said, seventy-five
drivers each from both Voinjama
and Buchanan will benefit from
training adding two hundred
each from both Ganta and

Gbarnga are to benefit from the
initiative.
He added that trainees from the
anti-Ebola training will serve as
supervisors at various parking
centers.
He said, the trainees will carry out
temperature checks frequently,
monitoring hands washing and
educating the people about the
prevention of the Ebola virus.
Flomo said, the focus is to
buttress government efforts
in the fight against the killer
disease.
The head of the FRTUL also
said reducing the death rates,
identifying special preventive
needs for commercial drivers
including contact tracing are
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amongst key issues the FRTUL

will be doing in the months to
come.
Flomo said the project is
sponsored by the German
International
Corporation
adding that the aim of GIZ is to
strengthen and empower local
partners in the transport sector of
the country.
The FRTUL boss put the cost
of the project at US$ 86,000.00
adding that the union lost thirty
of its members due to the Ebola
Virus.
Flomo said it is about time that
all the union members join the
fight in combating the spread of
Ebola adding that drivers should
continue to follow all health
measures in order to save lives.
GOVERNANCE
INTERNAL AFFAIRS HOLDS CONSULTATIONS ON

RATIONALIZATION OF LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE STRICTURES
Greenville, Sinoe County:

weeklong
consultation
and
sensitization
exercise aimed at
rationalizing the administrative
structures of local government
has gotten underway in
southeast Liberia.
The
local
government
administrative structures are
cities, townships, districts,
clans, and general towns.
According to statistics, there
are 141 Cities, 244 Townships,
129 Districts, 240 Chiefdoms,
580 Clans and 1198 General
Towns.
Of these structures, many
cities in Liberia have little
or no basic social services
such as electricity, education,
health, water supply as well
as economic activities. Just to
name a few.
A release from the Ministry
of Internal Affairs said the

consultation and sensitization
exercise is taken place with
key stakeholders in Greenville,
Sinoe County and Barclayville,
Grand Kru County from
November 25-29, 2014.
The exercise is bringing
together legislators, political
parties,
civil
society
organizations and heads of
sub-national
administrative
structures from River Gee,
Maryland Grand Kru and Sinoe
counties.
The rationalization is a
program
component
of
National
Decentralization
program, a flagship program
of the Liberian government
intended to enhance shared
governance and make local
establish an effective service
delivery system at the local
level.
Speaking at the opening
ceremony, Deputy Internal

Affairs Minister for Urban
Affairs, Amos Tweh said
the forum was in line with
governments plan to rearrange
Liberias
local
government
administrative
system.
The exercise is under the
auspices of the Ministry of
Internal Affairs in collaboration
with
the
Governance
Commission, with support
from the UNDP and other
partners.
The southeast forum follows
a first in the series of regional
consultation which took place
in Tubmanburg, Bomi in June,
2014 attended by participants
drawn from Montserrado,
Bomi, Grand Cape Mount,
Gbarpolu
and
Margibi
Counties.
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LAW & ORDER
EBOLA FIGHT BOOST
MAN 22 RAPES MOTHER,

DAUGHTERS FOR
SPIRITUAL HEALING
Woods Lauds European Union On Ebola Donation
Kennedy L. Yangian
kennedylyangian@frontpageafricaonilne.com
077296781
EBOLA
Monroviahe belief that a witch doctor can solve spiritual problems

has led a woman and her two daughters falling prey to
an alleged rapist a self-proclaimed witch doctor.
On Wednesday police forwarded to court for prosecution
man 22, accused of raping two girls ages 15 and 16 including their
28 year old mother (name withheld).
Defendant Hassan Dukuly duly charged with theft of property,rape
and statutory rape is currently detained at the Monrovia Central
Prison pending prosecution.
The police say defendant Dukuly was arrested following a formal
complaint filed by a relative of the victims who were reportedly
raped while seeking help to solve their spiritual problems.
The victims relative quoted by the police stated that the defendant
in an effort to succeed in his organized crime scan of theft and rape
influenced her sister by means of deception and impersonation in
order to gain the trust and confidence in several individuals who
sustained the loss of US$35,000 under the pretense of sending
them to the United States of America.
The relative of the victim continued in her compliant that the
defendant also in his scan did sexually abuse her three nieces at
graveyards,fearful and dark locations in Montserrado, Margibi
and Bong counties where their under clothes were buried or left
on the scene where they were sexually abused.
According to the police charge sheet, an investigation done
with one of the girl age 15, she stated that during the time when
the Muslim fast month ended in June 2014, defendant Dukuly
a resident of Jacob Town on the Somalia Drive went at their
Gardnesville resident and told her that they had family problem
and that she was a witchcraft.
The 15 year old victim explained that from this statement that the
defendant invited her behind Kerbah in the Gardnesville forest so
that he can remove the witch but upon their arrival the defendant
asked her to undress herself in the center of the graveyard and
instructed her to stand on a lapper at which time he mixed lime,
ginger and rice dust and put it in her private parts and begin to
have sex with her.
The second victim age 16 is also quoted by the police that on
October 2014, at 7:00 pm defendant Dukuly allegedly took her
into a bush in Harbel,MargibiCounty for seven days striped her
naked put her hand behind her head turned her face around and
had sex with her but after he got through put the lime and ginger
in her private parts and told her to urinate in his hands and he
drank her urine.
The third victim, the mother is reported to have told the police that
she received a call from one KarbahDemba telling them that she
was in witch so one Hassan Dukuly was coming to remove her
from witchcraft activities.
She also stated that the defendant came with a ginger, lime,rice
dust and took her around 15 Gate, Harbel Road in the bush where
he rubbed some of the lime on his waist on his hand, in her private
part along with the ginger and spread the rice dust around and
forcefully had sex with her by knocking her down and told her to
throw her under clothes to where they had the sex.
According to the police defendant Dukuly was duly charged with
the commission of the crimes when the police visited the various
crime scenes where evidence were gathered along with medical
reports that shows that the victims were raped with one of them 15
year old discovered to be pregnant for about 13-14 weeks.
The police say that they established that defendant Dukuly during
the course of carrying out his fake ritual practice on the victims
took advantage of their vulnerable state of minds and sexually
abused the victims in swamps, dark and isolated places.
The police furthered that defendant Dukuly made no comment and
chose to remain silent throughout the course of the investigation
which was his right under the law.
Monroviaiberias Human Rights Lawyer, Atty. Samuel Kofi Woods

has lauded the Dutch Government and the European Union
(EU) for their contribution of supplies to the people of
Liberia to boost the fight against the deadly Ebola virus.
Atty. Woods in a release described such effort as a significant
contribution to a historic partner adding that it translates into a true
friendship.
According to a statement, Atty. Woods made the statement at the
Freeport of Monrovia on Monday, when he joined President Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf and other Liberians to receive the supplies from the
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Netherland accredited to Liberia,
Hans Docter.
It can be recalled Attorney Woods visited the United States and
Europe in search of needed assistance to help Liberia fight the Ebola
virus, the release added.
While in Europe, he visited the Netherlands and worked with several
organizations.
According to the release during the trip, the veteran Human Rights
lawyer held productive discussions with officials of government and
several private institutions, including Save the Children to launch a
fund raising campaign for the region in an effort to sustain the fight
against the deadly Ebola virus.

Atty. Woods, who spent some years in exile in the Netherlands and
earned several academic achievements, is noted for his extensive
international networks in Europe and the United States.
Woods engagement at the international level both as private citizen
and former official of government earned him a great deal of respect
and kind recognition thus making his private intervention extremely
relevant during this period of the national health crisis, where Liberia
is in need, the release added.
Atty. Woods accompanied Amb. Docter and Save the Children to
several communities in Monrovia, including the West Point where
they interacted with young people from the Young Adult Center
supported by Save the Children to deal with sexual and reproductive
health and local intellectual center (Hatai center).
Atty. Woods also toured centers hosting orphans whose parents fell
prey to the Ebola Virus and household that just ended 21- day of
quarantine in Shara community, Du-port Road.
The Human Rights Lawyer urged Liberians to continue exercising
due caution by observing all of the health tips provided by medical
experts until every inch of Liberia, the region and the world is free of
the Ebola pandemic.
FAKE DEATH CERTIFICATE SPARKS EBOLA

OUTBREAK LEADING TO EIGHT CONFIRMED CASES
Henry Karmo (0886522495) henrykarmo@fronpageafricaonline.com
W
Monrovia-
hat could be
another
major
outbreak of Ebola
in Montserrado
County is gradually evolving
in the Paynesville vicinity
specifically in the Rock-Hill
Community as eight residents
of the community have been
tested Ebola positive according
to medical sources.
The outbreak started after
some
residents
especially
close neighbors to the late Mr.
Solomon King Pour of the
Rock Hill Community were
misled to attend the burial rites
of the late Solomon following
a death certificate issued by a
local health center in the area
confirming the man had died of
typhoid and High pressure.
Residents told FrontPageAfrica
that after the death of
Solomon, community members
specifically close neighbors to
the late Solomon were cautious
as to how to approach the family
because the cause of his death
was unknown until a death
certificate from a health center
known as Rock-Hole Clinic was
provided indicating that the man

did not die of Ebola.
As a result of this assurance
from the death certificate, some
residents took initiative to help
the family give their beloved a
befitting burial.
According to eyewitnesses, some
residents helped family members
to bath and cloth the body of the
late Solomon followed by burial
at a local cemetery in the Sand
Town community, Paynesville.
One account have it that two
weeks after the burial, the wife of
the late Solomon fell ill and was
rushed out of the community to
(Rossville) Grand Bassa County
for treatment.
Family members are yet to
explain why they chose to
take their mother out of town
rather than the health centers
in Monrovia but it has been
established that she got paralyzed
and became speechless.
According to some neighbors
two days after she was taken to
Rossville she died and currently
eight members of the family
have been taken to the ELWA-3
Ebola treatment unit run by MSF
where all eight have accordingly
tested positive of Ebola with

one death reported- one of the
Grandchildren.
Some residents who assisted the
family according to the head of
the community Ebola awareness
and sensitization volunteers,
Mr. PayeNyenawah have agreed
to turn themselves in but have
been told to keep themselves
in Isolation at home because
they are not showing signs and
symptoms of the virus.
Madam VabahKebbeh, chair
lady of the Rock Hill community
said, residents of the community
woke up Wednesday morning
with the terrifying news of
an Ebola outbreak in their
community leaving them to live
in panic.
Varbah said: Yesterday was
a sad day in this community
everyone was walking hands
folded with faces in the skies
waiting for the results of their
Neighbors and fear has taken
over the community.
In
an
interview
with
FrontPageAfrica she said she
initially opted to treat news about
results of the eight people testing
positive as rumors because
according to her by then it was

not from an authoritative source,
but said if the news is anything to
go by, close to twenty homes will
have to be quarantined.
She also frowned on the health
center that declared the body
of the late Solomon Ebola free
for misleading the community
leading them to the current
situation they are faced with.
I know this community, since
the outbreak of Ebola people of
this community have been very
careful they are aware and taking
preventive measures but because
of a certificate from this clinic
people turned out to cater to the
body, she added.
Chair lady Varbah has disclosed
that she has not seen the alleged
certificate given to the family
by the clinic but threatened to
complain the clinic to health
authorities and recommended its
closure.
Because we trusted the result
given us by the clinic we never
care too much to monitor the
wife even though we heard she
was sick until I heard she died a
day ago on Buchanan highway,
Chairlady Varbah said.
Clinic Management Tightlipped
In an effort to contact the
management of the Rock-Hole
Clinic that has been accused of
issuing fake death certificate, an
unidentified lady who claimed to
be an employee of the clinic said
her boss was not in office and she
could not give any comment on
behalf of the Clinic.
He gone to Town and wouldnt
be back until night, the Clinic
employee said. Meanwhile doors
to the clinic were closed.
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EBOLA IS CHANGING COURSE IN LIBERIA
Will The U.S. Military Adapt?
he Ebola outbreak
started in rural areas,
but by June it had
reached
Liberia's
capital, Monrovia.
By August, the number of people
contracting the Ebola virus in
the country was doubling every
week. The Liberian government
and aid workers begged for help.
Enter the U.S. military, who
along with other U.S. agencies
had a clear plan in midSeptember to build more Ebola
treatment units, or ETUs. At least
one would be built in the major
town of each of Liberia's 15
counties. That way, sick patients
in those counties wouldn't bring
more Ebola to the capital.
But it's taken a long time to build
these ETUs; most won't be done
until the end of the year. And now
the spread of Ebola changing
clusters are popping up in remote
rural areas. So building a huge
treatment center in each county's
main town may no longer make
sense.
Two hours outside the capital,
the Army's 36th Engineer
Brigadejust finished erecting
an ETU last week. Lt. Abraham
Richardson shows me around,
first giving me a tour of the
triage building where all patients
will arrive. Then he leads me
to four giant white tents inside
what health workers call the "hot
zone."
"That's where all the confirmed

cases will be," Richardson says.
Each tent will house about 25
patients.
This is what the military is good
at: landing in a place they've
never been and building stuff.
But some say the size of the
ETUs is a problem.
Because it's taken so long to
build the centers, their relatively
large size is no longer useful,
says Dr. Darin Portnoy, who's
with Doctors Without Borders.
He's just finished caring for
two sick children at one of the
organization's original ETUs
back in Monrovia.
"ETUs are not needed right
now at the same level," he says.
"Right now the construction
should be scaled down fewer
beds."
"Take the amazing capacity that
has been brought to bear and
direct [it] elsewhere," he adds.
By elsewhere, Portnoy means
remote rural areas, where,
sometimes, the only way to
reach people is by walking for
hours or taking a canoe. He says
big international donors should
support so-called rapid response
teams that go out, find those
hard-to-reach people and set up
small treatment centers where
they actually live.
"Just because you have a plan
... doesn't mean you have to
continue on that plan," he says.
The U.S. has started to scale

down its plan, building only 15
ETUs instead of the 17 originally
planned. Some ETUs will now
have 50 beds instead of 100. And
instead of sending 4,000 troops
to West Africa to build facilities
and train health workers, the
military says that number will
now be closer to 3,000.
The military is also helping to
locate Ebola cases in remote
areas. Just last week, says
Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky, who
commands the U.S. forces in
Liberia, the military gave a team
of epidemiologists a ride in a
helicopter to a remote village
north of the capital to find Ebola
victims.
But Volesky says he wants to
know the military has an exit
plan, and that someone else will
take over the jobs that the U.S.
troops have been doing.
A few hours north of the capital,
at one of the busiest ETUs in
Liberia, custodian John Jameson
shows us the burial ground full
of fresh mounds of dirt. "Three,
four, five burials a day," he says.
The ones buried here were
those who could make it to the
ETU. Health officials say many
more people are getting sick
and dying in remote rural areas,
which means Ebola will keep
spreading.
AS EBOLA PINGPONGS IN LIBERIA, CASES DISAPPEAR INTO THE JUNGLE
here's a new phase

of Ebola in Liberia.
Epidemiologists call it
pingponging.
Back in March, the disease was
found in the rural areas. Then
as people came to the capital
to seek care, it started growing
exponentially there. Now, some
sick people are going back to
their villages, and the disease
has pingponged to the rural areas
again.
So that's where we're headed
into the hot, thick jungle of
Liberia to investigate a new
Ebola hotspot.
Our day with the team of Ebola
investigators starts at 3 a.m.
The team has been told there's a
woman with Ebola out there who
hasn't been treated. She could be
spreading the disease.
We drive five hours from
Liberia's capital, Monrovia,
and stop at a small, rural clinic
that looks something more like
a house with a few rooms and
no electricity. The team has
people from the World Health
Organization, the African Union,
Doctors Without Borders and the
Liberian Ministry of Health.
At the clinic, the head nurse says
she has also heard the rumors
of a sick woman. But the nurse
hasn't seen her. The nurse shows
us a hand-drawn map on the wall
of where we need to go to find
the woman. Our destination,
she says, is a village called
Fermaneeta.
It's the last village at the end of a
thin black line on the map. A thin
black line means the only way to
get there is to walk, down a long
footpath into the jungle. Fours
hours each way.
As we walk, Mutaawe Lubogo
from the African Union says
there are several options for the
"We have to make the monkey

bridge by dark," Dweh keeps
telling us. That's the last bridge,
the biggest bridge. It's two
bamboo poles over a dark muddy
river.
Once we get to the clinic, the
plan is to have an ambulance take
the alleged traditional healer to a
stadium where health workers
monitor people who might have
Ebola. If he doesn't show signs
of Ebola after 21 days, he'll be
let go.
But that night, the road to the
clinic goes out and the ambulance
can't reach the traditional healer.
The man who might have Ebola
woman if she has symptoms. If

she's very sick, they can help set
up a community quarantine in
the village and try to come back
the next day with supplies.
If the woman is still in the early
stages of Ebola, she can walk
back to the clinic, where an
ambulance can pick her up.
Lubogo is from Uganda and
worked on the 2007 Ebola
outbreak there.
"You're talking to someone who
has seen it before," Lubogo
says. But in Uganda, Ebola was
confined to the rural areas, and
that's where it ended. In Liberia,
there's pingponging.
"If I fall sick, I have to come to
the rural area, where I have my
parents, to my family to give me
care," Lubogo says.
This is how pingponging works,
he says. People go back and forth
between the city where there's
commerce, and the village where
there's family. And a few of them
take Ebola with them.
Out where we're walking, a
village is basically a clearing in
the jungle, with 10 or 20 huts.
The walls of the huts are made
of mud; the roofs are made

of branches and leaves. Each
village has a well, a fire pit for
cooking and small fields nearby
to grow food.
Each village is about an hour
from the next one. At the fourth
one, we find a clue. The team
meets a man who people say
is a traditional healer he
rubs herbs on sick people. He
supposedly cared for the woman
who's rumored to have Ebola.
The team lists off the names of
people who have tested positive
for Ebola. The man says he
knows a lot of them. But he
denies that he's a healer. He won't
even admit that he has touched or
treated any of them.
This is called contact tracing. If
you're doing it in Dallas, Texas,
you get addresses and phone
numbers. Out here it's different.
We leave the man and keep on
walking. We finally make it to
the village where the woman is
supposed to be.
At first, the village is pretty quiet.
There's laundry drying in the sun.
People start to gather around the
team. They put their hands in the
goes back to his village.

This is why it's so difficult to
stop Ebola. These places are very
hard to reach. The roads are bad.
There's no electricity, no phone
coverage.
And once you finally get to
where you're going, you have no
idea what you're going to find.
Postscript: On a second hike,
the team found the woman who
was rumored to have Ebola in
Bomota, her home village. So
far she has shown no symptoms.
According to the team members,
she admitted she was hiding on a
farm the day that we came.
air, as if they're being accused

of something. Then they all start
talking at once.
The group is standing in front of
a wooden door to a hut where the
woman who's thought to have
Ebola stays. The door is closed.
No one is opening the door.
The people in the village say the
woman is gone. Many members
of the Ebola team think the
villagers are hiding something.
Maybe the sick woman is behind
that door. Maybe she has already
died. If she has or had Ebola, in
any case, she is very contagious.
Emmanuel Dweh, one of the
team leaders, warns people not
to hide a sick person. If they
do, he says, they will get sick
themselves. But the people are
adamant that the woman isn't
there. After that, there's not much
more for the team to do.
So we start back out into the
jungle. It's four more hours back
to the clinic.
On the way, we pick up the man
thought to be the traditional
healer because he treated and
touched people with Ebola. He
has agreed to come with us.
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UGANDAN DOCTOR ATAI OMURUTU ALARMS OVER
MALE EBOLA SURVIVORS INFECTING THEIR PARTNERS
Monrovia
n continuation of her visits
to various Ebola Treatment
Units (ETUs), President
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
expressed happiness that all
the ETUs around Monrovia are
experiencing a drastic decline
in patient intake. However, she
continues to warn Liberians to
follow the advice and measures
specified by healthcare workers
in order to break the transmission
of the disease, as there are
still hotspots and pockets in
communities.
According to an Executive
Mansion release, President
Sirleaf made the comments
on Wednesday, November 26,
2014 when she visited the 96bed Alpha OAU Ebola Center
in Virginia and the 100-bed
Island Clinic Ebola Center
near St. Pauls Bridge, Bushrod
Island to assess conditions
there, including constraints, and
to thank healthcare workers,
partners, and volunteers for their
services to the country especially
in the fight against the Ebola
virus disease.
At the Alpha OAU Ebola Center
in Virginia, near Hotel Africa, the
head of the ETU, Dr. Jonathan
Hart, informed President Sirleaf
that they commenced operations
two weeks ago, precisely on
November 10. With a total of
80 staff, they currently hosts 20
suspected patients most of whom
have been there for a week.
Responding to the Liberian
leaders
question
about
constraints, Dr. Hart, who
previously worked at ELWA-2,
confirmed that the payment of
salaries is not an issue presently,
there was sufficient beds and
mattresses, while regular meals
(3X/day) is available for patients.
However, for the patients, he
appealed for more clothing
(clothes, blankets, beddings,
pampers, etc.), and supplements
like biscuits, juices, etc. We
need to make sure our patients
Sirleaf Visits Alpha OAU & the Island Clinic Ebola Centers
are rehydrated constantly and

adequately unless they will
die from dehydration and
not Ebola, he said. He also
appealed for medical clothes
and transportation for the staff
as theres only one vehicle that
serves all purposes.
Speaking to the staff, President
Sirleaf thanked the healthcare
workers for serving their country
during this difficult time and
working with this kind of disease,
but thanked them for their
commitment and dedication.
At the Island Clinic Ebola
Treatment Unit, the head of the
clinical team, Dr. David Kaggwa
provided President Sirleaf with
the statistics since the ETU
opened in late September. They
have seen 1,015 patients to date;

while 582 were confirmed with
the Ebola virus disease. A total of
301 deaths occurred at the ETU
and the survival rate at the ETU
stands between 50 55 percent.
Dr. Kaggwa reiterated that there
is a decline in the cases of Ebola
being treated there, noting,
We are operating below 50
patients because shortly we will
be discharging 28 patients 22
Ebola survivors and six were
tested negative twice by this
we will be operating below 30
patients.
President Sirleaf later interacted
with 28 patients that were about
to be discharged from the Center.
Adding her voice, the overall
head of the ETU, Dr. Atai
Omurutu, who returns to

Uganda next week, hoped that
Liberia will have an Ebola free
Christmas that President Sirleaf
has targeted. In addition, Dr.
Omurutu said Island Clinic has
played a very big role in the
reduction in the transmission of
Ebola because of the location;
noting that they are located in
the middle of the hotspots
West Point, New Kru Town,
St. Pauls Bridge, Brewerville,
among others. The moment we
opened we kind of soaked in all
those cases that were continuing
the transmission. So I think its
important that Island Clinic stays
because it is a window of hope
for the community around here,
she appealed.
EU DISBURSES EUR 22 MILLION

IN BUDGET SUPPORT TO LIBERIA
he
announcement
comes
following
the
joint
visit
to Monrovia on
November 14th of the European

Union's Commissioner for
Humanitarian Aid and Crisis
Management and official
EU Ebola Coordinator, Mr.

Christos Stylianides, and
Mr. Vytenis Andriukaitis,
Commissioner for Health and
Food Safety.
With these funds, the European
Union will support the Liberian

budget and state systems to
But Dr. Omurutu alarmed over

one disturbing trend where male
Ebola survivors are infecting
their partners and putting entire
families at risk. Almost all the
wives of male Ebola survivors
are coming to the ETU as
patients, Dr. Omurutu stressed
and appealed to President Sirleaf
to see how the Ministry of Health
can freely distribute condoms in
the various communities to avoid
this disturbing trend.
The Ugandan doctor confirmed
that once a person survives
Ebola, they still have the virus in
the semen for up to three months,
and its extremely important that
one abstains from sex during that
period or use a condom to avoid
infecting ones partner.
ensure its capacity to face the

economic challenges created
by the Ebola crisis and to
deliver public services. In
particular, the funds will
support the health sector and
the fight against Ebola. The
payment has been accelerated
as part of the EU's response to
the multi-faceted Ebola crisis.
The specific objectives of the
EUs budget support to Liberia
are to improve (1) economic
governance,
(2)
macroeconomic stability, especially
in the context of the Ebola
crisis, and (3) the provision of
basic services, notably in the
area of health.
The EU has agreed with
the Liberian Government
to
continue
improving
public finance management,
macroeconomic stability and
helping the Government fight
and contain the current Ebola
outbreak, as well as to start
reshaping the health sector.
In this context, the EU fully
supports the Government's
commitment in the revised
budget to maintain, or increase
in relative terms, health
During the Liberian leaders

interaction with health workers
at the ETU, they raised a
number of concerns including
outstanding hazard allowances,
contractors still to receive pay
for two months, workers with
expired contracts still hoping to
be transferred to other facilities,
transportation for workers,
among others.
The Red Cross workers, for
their part, appealed to President
Sirleaf to visit their office at the
old Ministry of Health where
they would like to discuss issues
with her privately. She readily
accepted their invitation.
In response, the Liberian leader
appealed to the health workers
to have patience and promised
to raise their concerns with the
Ministry of Health in order to
resolve the issues. With regards
to outstanding arrears owed the
healthcare workers, she assured
them that they will received
their salaries that they diligently
worked for. Once you sign
a contract, youll have to get
paid no doubt about that, she
assured.
On each stop, President Sirleaf
the healthcare workers,
thanked
partners, and volunteers for their
services to the country. We
would like to appreciate all of
you for making this big sacrifice
to come and join us to fight this
problem and for your service to
the country, she told everyone.
As usual, the Liberian leader,
at each stop provided assorted
food items and some cash to
the health workers as a token of
appreciation.
In
another
development,
President Sirleaf also stopped
over at the new site of the Ma
Juah Market to inspect ongoing
renovation work there. Marketers
at the Ma Juah Market in Vai
Town are to shortly relocate to
Old Kru Town on UN Drive,
Waterside.
expenditure as well as salary

payments in the health sector.
The European Union has
responded to the Ebola crisis
from the start of the epidemic.
By the 6th of November more
than 1 billion has been
pledged by EU Member States
and the European Commission
for this crisis. On 24th October
2014, the European Council
appointed
Mr
Christos
Stylianides as the EU Ebola
Coordinator.
In addition to the macroeconomic support to the
region, mobile laboratories,
humanitarian experts, and
specialists
in
dangerous
infectious diseases have been
deployed. Material assistance:
from
protective
medical
equipment through ambulances
to field hospitals, has been
provided by Member States
under the coordination of the
European Commission. The
Commission is supporting the
building and recovery of the
health services of the affected
countries and is funding
research into Ebola vaccines.
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U.S.-RUN FIELD HOSPITAL

FOR EBOLA STRICKEN HEALTH
WORLD BANK GROUP TO SUPPORT COTE DIVOIRES HEALTH
WORKERS DISCHARGES
SYSTEMS STRENGTHENING AND EBOLA PREPAREDNESS
FIRST PATIENTS
MONROVIA
he U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS)
Commissioned Corps has announced that two
patients, both Liberian healthcare workers, were
released Monday from the Monrovia Medical Unit
(MMU). Both patients have recovered from Ebola and are
virus-free.
Stanley Sayonkon, a 42-year-old nurse, and Mark Tate, a
43-year-old clinic records specialist, were admitted to the MMU,
a 25-bed field hospital constructed by the U.S. Department of
Defense, earlier this month and were successfully treated for
Ebola. The MMUs mission is to care for health care workers
who become infected with Ebola.
Both Mr. Sayonkonand Mr. Tate have returned home to their
families. Before they left the facility, both men left their mark
of survival, a yellow handprint, on the MMUs Ebola survival
wall. The colors of the wall, maritime blue and quarantine
yellow, are the official colors of the USPHS and symbolic of the
long history of the USPHS fight against infectious pathogens.
Both Sayonkon and Tate expressed gratitude to the staff at the
MMU for providing care, and helping them recover from Ebola.
We couldnt be more honored to have Mr. Sayonkon and Mr.
Tate walk out of the clinic cured of Ebola,RearAdmiral Scott
Giberson, Acting U.S. Deputy Surgeon General, said. They are
health care heroes. I also want to thank all our officers for their
superb service in providing care to Mr. Sayonkon and Mr. Tate,
and to future health care workers, who may seek care at the
MMU.
Health care workers, such as doctors and nurses, are at a higher
risk of infection, because they are in close, sustained contact
with Ebola patients who are symptomatic and infectious. Since
opening its doors at the beginning of November, the MMU has
received and provided care for 4 patients, all Liberian health
care workers.
The USPHS announcement is not only good news for the two
patients, but a positive sign for other brave health care workers
on the front lines, that there are resources for them if they
become ill with Ebola.
The MMU is staffed by a specialized team of officers from
the USPHS Commissioned Corps. This mission is led by Rear
Admiral Scott Giberson, Acting U.S. Deputy Surgeon General.
The Commissioned Corps, part of the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services, is a deployable uniformed service of the
United States, with more than 6,800 full-time, highly qualified
public health professionals, serving the most underserved and
vulnerable populations both domestically and abroad.
WASHINGTON he World Bank Groups Board of Executive Directors today

approved a $US70 million International Development
Association (IDA)* credit to help Cote dIvoire improve
deployment and quality of health services in selected
regions, with a focus on maternal, newborn and child health and
nutrition services.
Todays financing will support the Health Systems Strengthening and
Ebola Preparedness project and part of the funds ($10.0 million) is
aimed at promoting Cote dIvoires pro-active measures to prevent
the spread of Ebola.
Recent political and social crises have taken a heavy toll on the
countrys health system. During 2002-2010, most of the health
centers were closed in the central and northern part of the country
(over 52% of health centers nationally), and only Non-Governmental
Organization (NGO) facilities remained open. Following the electoral
crisis of 2011-2012, all health centers in the western part of the
country and in the city of Abidjan (the communes of Yopougon and
Abobo) were closed. Nationwide many hospitals and health centers
were looted and remain in dire shape. The country health system
has particularly suffered during the ten years of crisis and instability
Cote d' Ivoire experienced. Investments in the sector were slow
and insufficient. As results access to, and quality of services have
deteriorated. This project will complement the Country ongoing
efforts to address those challenges, said Ousmane Diagana, World
Bank Country Director for Cte d'Ivoire, Togo, Burkina Faso, Benin
and Guinea.
In recent months, the Ebola outbreak in neighboring countries of
Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone have been of great concern,
especially since there is over 800 miles of border between Cte
d'Ivoire and both Guinea and Liberia, and the epicenter of the
epidemic is in the eastern part of these countries--near Cote dIvoires
western border.
So far, the Ivorian Ebola response plan has been working efficiently,
with no recorded case. However, continuous support to Cote d' Ivoire

remains essential to help the Country respond effectively in case of
necessity said Mr. Diagana.
According to Dominic S. Haazen, Lead Health Policy Specialist
and TTL of the project : In addition to the specific funding to
improve Ebola preparedness, the project also addresses a number
of the barriers to the effective utilization of health services in the
country, including access, availability, acceptability and affordability.
Different interventions will address each of these barriers, in a
mutually supportive way
The project will benefit those covered by either the Performance Based
Program (PBF) or the Ivoirian Universal Health Coverage (CMU)
interventions. The PBF program is expected to help approximately
2.5 million people with a strong focus on women and children. The
CMU interventions will help an estimated 200,000 poor people and
provide them with free health insurance.
For the Ebola preparedness activities, the potential beneficiaries
include the entire population, although it is hoped that there will be
few, if any, cases.
The Government of Cote dIvoire has developed a National Health
Policy, which is accompanied by a National Health Development
Plan (PNDS) covering the 4-year period, 2012-2015. Its main goal is
to guarantee access to quality health care for all citizens, especially
the most vulnerable.
The World Banks International Development Association (IDA),
established in 1960, helps the worlds poorest countries by providing
grants and low to zero-interest loans for projects and programs that
boost economic growth, reduce poverty, and improve poor peoples
lives. IDA is one of the largest sources of assistance for the worlds
77 poorest countries, 39 of which are in Africa. Resources from IDA
bring positive change for 2.8 billion people living on less than $2
a day. Since 1960, IDA has supported development work in 112
countries. Annual commitments have averaged about $18 billion over
the last three years, with about 50 percent going to Africa.
'DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENT' IN EBOLA

OUTLOOK IN LIBERIA: U.S. GENERAL
(Reuters) U.S. general in the

force helping Liberia
fight
the
Ebola
epidemic reported on
Monday a dramatic improvement
in the situation there and
confirmed the cancellation of
two planned treatment facilities.
Brigadier General Frank Tate,
deputy commanding general
of U.S. Operation United
Assistance, said the drop in the
number of cases in the country

was all the more encouraging
given recent improvements in
reporting capacity.
He said new daily cases have
fallen to around 20 from close
to 80 when the operation was
announced in September. Ebola
is still spreading in other parts of
West Africa.
"It's a dramatic improvement,"
he told Reuters on the airstrip
of a temporary U.S. logistics
base in Dakar as dozens of U.S.

soldiers boarded a Monrovia
bound Hercules aircraft.
"It was decided between USAID
(U.S. Agency for International
Development) and the Liberian
government that two of the 17
Ebola Treatment Units was no
longer necessary. They were
canceled," he said.
Elsewhere in West Africa,
the disease is still spreading,
especially in neighboring Sierra
Leone which recorded 533 new

cases in the week to Nov. 16.
At least six people have died
from Ebola in Mali, whose
government is now monitoring
hundreds of contacts linked to
Guinean imam whose symptoms
went undetected.
Tate's comments echoed other
positive signs from Liberia, once
the epicenter of the worst known
Ebola outbreak in history that has
killed more than 5,459 people.
Already, the United States has
decided to trim the number of
troops in Liberia from 4,000 to a
maximum of 3,000 in December.
Liberian President Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf decided this month not to
renew a state of emergency there
and set a national target of no
new cases by December 25.
But Tate warned that authorities
need to remain vigilant.
"We can by no means declare
victory. We have to continue
pressure on this disease in
Liberia as well as in Guinea and
Sierra Leone and work on border
security," he said.
Tate said the United States had no
current plans to shift resources
to other Ebola-hit countries. "If
it became necessary and those
orders came to us, we maintain
the capability," he said.
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IN BRIEF
FERGUSON PROTESTERS ACROSS US
SIERRA LEONE EBOLA

BURIAL WORKERS DUMP
BODIES IN PAY PROTEST
FREETOWN (Reuters) urial workers in

Sierra Leone have
dumped bodies in
the street outside a
hospital in protest at authorities'
failure to pay bonuses for
handling Ebola victims.
Residents said up to 15 corpses
had been abandoned in the
eastern town of Kenema, three
of them at a hospital entrance to
stop people entering. The head
of the district Ebola Response
Team, Abdul Wahab Wan, said
the bodies included those of two
babies.
A spokesman for the striking
workers, who asked not to be
identified, said they had not
been paid their weekly hazard
allowance for seven weeks.
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KIEV, Ukraine (AP)

ussia
still
has
enough
troops
along
Ukraine's
border to mount a
major incursion, NATO's top
commander said Wednesday,
and Moscow is using its
military might to affect political
developments inside Ukraine.
U.S. Gen. Philip Breedlove
said a large number of Russian
troops are also active inside
Ukraine, training and advising
separatist rebels.
Moscow has routinely denied
it played any direct role in the
conflict in Ukraine, which has
claimed more than 4,000 lives.
STAFF BACKLASH OVER CHARITY'S
AWARD FOR TONY BLAIR

London (AFP) lmost 200 staff at
the global charity
Save the Children
have signed a letter
condemning its decision to give
former British prime minister
Tony Blair an award for his
work on debt relief.
The signatures were collected
after the US branch of the
charity handed Blair its "Global
Legacy Award" in New York
last week, The Guardian
newspaper said Wednesday.
The internal letter, seen by AFP,
said his history as the prime
minister who took Britain into
the Iraq war risks damaging
Save the Children's credibility.
"The decision to award an
extremely
divisive
figure
accused of war crimes is not
only morally reprehensible, but
also endangers our credibility
globally and could put our
programmes and staff on the
field at risk," it said.
eople protesting the

Ferguson, Missouri,
grand jury decision
took to the streets
in cities across the U.S. for a
second day Tuesday, showing
that the racially charged
case has inflamed tensions
thousands of miles from the
predominantly black St. Louis
suburb.
For many, the shooting of
18-year-old Michael Brown by
Officer Darren Wilson recalled
other troubling encounters with
law enforcement. The refrain
"hands up, don't shoot" became
a rallying cry over police
killings nationwide.
A look at some of the
demonstrations:
NEW YORK
Thousands of people marched
for a second night in Manhattan,
gathering in Union Square
before splitting into several
smaller groups, chanting "No

justice, No peace." Some held
signs saying "Jail killer cops"
and "Justice for Mike Brown."
One group marched uptown
to Times Square, meandering
between lanes of traffic as
police followed. The protesters,
disrupted traffic on the FDR
Drive and congregated at the
entrances to the Williamsburg
and Manhattan bridges and the
Queens Midtown Tunnel.
"As long as they remain
nonviolent, and as long as
they don't engage in issues that
cause fear or create vandalism,
we will work with them to
allow them to demonstrate,"
Commissioner William Bratton
said.
The NYPD says 10 people
were arrested in Times Square.
Four people were charged with
resisting arrest and six with
disorderly conduct. There were
no injuries.
CALIFORNIA
In
Oakland,
protesters
vandalized police cars and
businesses in downtown,
smashing windows at car
dealerships, restaurants and
convenience stores.
The crowd briefly shut down
two major freeways and set
several trash bins on fire across
a major street before police
in riot helmets forced them to
disperse.
The California Highway Patrol
in Oakland said several people
were arrested.
In Los Angeles, protesters
flooded the U.S. 101 freeway,
bringing traffic to a halt.
Officers chased the few dozen
protesters off the freeway.
Separately, hundreds converged
on police headquarters.
About 150 people were arrested
after failing to disperse during
demonstrations, police said.

In San Diego, protesters
disrupted traffic on Interstate
5 early Wednesday after
demonstrators
blocked
a
freeway and hurled bottles at
officers the night before.
MINNEAPOLIS
A rally turned scary when a
car struck a protester and then
burst through a pack of others
who surrounded it. A woman
suffered minor injuries.
Several hundred people had
gathered near a police outpost
to show solidarity with Brown.
The driver called police soon
after to report the incident,
which police say is under
investigation.
OHIO
In Cleveland, several hundred
people marched down a
freeway ramp to block rushhour traffic while protesting
the Missouri developments and
Saturday's fatal police shooting
of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who
had a pellet gun that looked
like a real firearm.
"The system wasn't made
to protect us," 17-year-old
protester Naesha Pierce said.
"To get justice, the people
themselves have to be justice."
In Cincinnati, more than a
dozen people were arrested
and officers had to shut down
part of a highway briefly.
The
Cincinnati
Enquirer
reported that up to 100
people marched several miles
through downtown, and some
demonstrators climbed over
barriers to stand on Interstate
75.
A municipal judge said 15
people were charged with civil
unrest.
ST. LOUIS
Protesters disrupted downtown
traffic for several hours by
blocking major intersections,
an interstate highway and
a Mississippi River bridge

connecting the city to Illinois.
Riot police arrested several
demonstrators who sat in the
middle of Interstate 44 near
the Edward Jones Dome. They
used pepper spray to disperse
the crowd.
ELSEWHERE
A couple hundred people from
historically black schools in
Atlanta, including Morehouse
College, Spelman College and
Clark Atlanta University held
peaceful demonstrations.
Some people split off from a
separate rally downtown and
tried to block a freeway. Police
said some windows were
broken and 21 people were
arrested, mostly for failure to
disperse when asked, but one
person faces a weapons charge.
In Portland, Oregon, a rally
drew about 1,000 people who
listened to speeches then
marched through downtown.
A splinter group of about 300
people kept going, marching
across a Willamette River
bridge. Bus and light rail traffic
was disrupted, and police used
pepper spray and made several
arrests.
In Boston, dozens of people
were arrested during a march
that drew an estimated 1,500
people.
In Kansas City, about 100
protesters marched through an
upscale shopping district to an
entertainment area, where they
encountered police barricades.
A photographer for The Kansas
City Star was among several
people arrested.
In Dallas, protests were mostly
peaceful, but seven people
were arrested when they
blocked part of Interstate 35
downtown.
ZIMBABWE VICE PRESIDENT OUSTED

FROM PARTY POST IN SUCCESSION WAR
Harare (AFP) imbabwe

Vice
President Joice Mujuru
has been ousted from
the ruling party's
powerful central committee
after being accused of plotting
to assassinate President Robert
Mugabe, state media reported
Wednesday.
A provincial executive committee
refused to accept Mujuru's
election papers ahead of a key
ZANU-PF party congress next
week after a campaign against

her led by Mugabe's wife Grace.
Mujuru's home district "rejected
her application in elections that
saw a number of other Zanu-PF
bigwigs linked to her nefarious
activities to oust President
Robert Mugabe also failing to
make it," the paper said.
Mujuru has been the target
of sustained attacks in progovernment newspapers as
factions within the party jostle
to take power when 90-year-old
Mugabe steps down or dies.

Mujuru and powerful Justice
Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa
were seen as the leading
contenders to replace Mugabe,
who has been in power since
independence from Britain in
1980.
The battle escalated following
Grace
Mugabe's
surprise
nomination to lead the powerful
women's wing of ZANU-PF,
prompting speculation that she
wanted the top job herself.
Robert
Mugabe,
Africa's
oldest leader, is expected to be
confirmed as the party's leader at
the congress early in December,
but the fight for positions on
the powerful politburo could
be decisive for the campaign to
succeed him.
Mujuru's failure to win a place
in the central committee means
she ceases to be in the party's
top leadership even before the
congress starts on December 3.
STREET PROTESTS IN BURKINA FASO

PROMPT MINISTER'S RESIGNATION
OUAGADOUGOU
minister in Burkina Faso's transitional government
seen as close to former President Blaise Compaore's
administration resigned on Tuesday following two days
of protests over his appointment, the prime minister's
office said.
The resignation is an early test for the West African country's new
leaders President Michel Kafando and Prime Minister Lieutenant
Colonel Isaac Zida who will lead until elections planned in 2015.
Compaore resigned and fled the country in late October following
protests over his bid to amend the constitution to extend his 27
years in power. A brief period of army rule under Zida ensued
before he ceded to African Union pressure to hand power back to
a civilian ruler.
Sports
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Basel 0-1 Real Madrid:
RONALDO EARNS BLANCOS
CLUB-RECORD
15TH
SUCCESSIVE
WIN
The Portugal international moved level with Raul in the Champions League's alltime leading goalscorers' list after bundling home a cross from Karim Benzema
ristiano
Ronaldo
scored the only goal
of the game as Real
Madrid sealed top
spot in Champions League
Group B and racked up a clubrecord 15th successive win
courtesy of a 1-0 victory at
Basel.
The prolific Portugal forward
matched Real legend Raul's
tally of 71 Champions League
goals with a first-half strike at
Jakob-Park on Wednesday.
Ronaldo's latest goal was his
26th in what is proving to be
another outstanding season and
helped Real match the run of
wins achieved in the 1960-61
and 2011-12 campaigns.
Gareth Bale struck by the
crossbar in the second half and
Ronaldo missed a great chance
to register his 72nd Champions
League goal, which would
have left him two adrift of new
record holder Lionel Messi.
Real were not at their brilliant
best, but they will take some
beating as they attempt to
defend their European crown,
while Basel head to Liverpool
for their final group game next
month needing to avoid defeat
to progress.
Keylor Navas was handed a
Champions League debut as
Iker Casillas dropped to the
bench and Ancelotti also made
three changes to his defence,

with Alvaro Arbeloa, Fabio
Coentrao and Raphael Varane
replacing Daniel Carvajal,
Marcelo and Pepe.
Derlis Gonzalez, Mohamed El
Nenny and Fabian Schar came
into the Basel starting lineup at the expense of Matias
Delgado, Marcelo Diaz and
Yoichiro Kakitani.
The Swiss champions did not
allow Madrid to settle as the
game started at a frantic pace
and it took Ronaldo 20 minutes
to have his first sight of goal,
letting fly with his left foot
from a tight angle but shooting
straight at goalkeeper Tomas
Vaclik.
Basel showed plenty of

endeavour, but they were
behind 10 minutes before the
break when Karim Benzema
surged forward and cut the
ball back from the byline to
give Ronaldo the simple task
of slotting home from close
range.
The hosts responded and
Frontpage
Gonzalez must have been

relieved to be flagged for
offside when he somehow
failed to hit the target from
inside the six-yard box after
Shkelzen Gashi had picked
him out.
Basel were almost caught out
by a brisk Madrid counterattack
four minutes into the second
half, but James Rodriguez's
teasing cross cross from the
left flashed across the face of
the goal.
Vaclik got down to his right to
keep out a long-range free-kick
from Ronaldo as Los Blancos
started firing on all cylinders
following a disappointing first
half.
Gashi appealed for a penalty
after he cut inside and unleashed
a shot which appeared to strike
Sergio Ramos on the hand
before flying over the crossbar,
but referee Milorad Mazic
signalled for a corner.
Breel Embolo then had a great
chance to equalise after 66
minutes when he raced into
the penalty area, but Navas
did well to narrow the angle
and turn the ball behind for a
corner.
Bale almost sealed the points
16 minutes from time, but his
thunderous strike came back
off the crossbar, then Ronaldo
spurned a golden opportunity
to add his second goal when
he side-footed
wide after the

Welshman had set him up.
The game was halted when a
number of fans came onto the
pitch before Ahmed Hamoudi
wasted a great chance in time
added on, as Paulo Sousa's side
saw their eight-game unbeaten
home record come to an end.
MALMO 0-2 JUVENTUS: LLORENTE AND TEVEZ ON

TARGET AS BIANCONERI BOOST QUALIFICATION HOPES
ernando Llorente and

Carlos Tevez got the
goals
as
Juventus
climbed into second
place in Champions League
Group A with a 2-0 win at
Malmo.
With Atletico Madrid winning
against Olympiacos, the Italian
champions moved into second
place with a three-point cushion,
as Fernando Llorente and Carlos
Tevez delivered the decisive
goals.
Malmo goalkeeper Robin Olsen
ensured the two sides went
into the break level with three
important saves to deny Arturo
Vidal and Claudio Marchisio,
twice.
However, Malmo's resistance
was finally broken early in the
second half as Llorente netted
his first goal of this season's
competition with a composed
finish.
Chances continued to arrive for

the visitors and after Marchisio
and Llorente had wasted good
opportunities, Tevez secured the
win with two minutes to play,
before defender Erik Johansson
was sent off for the hosts.
Victory means a point against
Atletico in their final group
match will see Juve through,
no matter what Olympiacos do,
while Malmo's adventure in the
competition is over.
Massimiliano Allegri made two

changes from Juve's Champions
League win over Olympiacos
on matchday four, with Simone
Padoin - who was sent off
against Lazio in Serie A on
Saturday - and Llorente coming
into the side.
After a fast start from the hosts,
who were unchanged from their
last European outing against
Atletico, the game's first effort
on goal did not arrive until
the 16th minute, as Stephan
Lichtsteiner raced down the right
wing unopposed.
Malmo failed to deal with the
full-back's cross, allowing Vidal
a free shot from the edge of the
penalty area that Olsen had to be
alert to parry.
Juve continued to push for the
opening goal and Marchisio had
two chances before the break,
only to be denied by Olsen on
both occasions.
His first effort after 28 minutes
came following a chipped pass
from Andrea Pirlo, but the
midfielder was unable to divert
the ball past Olsen, and seven
minutes later the goalkeeper
made a superb reaction save to
deny the 28-year-old again.

Malmo's only effort of the first
half came in the closing minutes,
as Emil Forsberg jinked past the
Juve defence only to see his low
effort beat Gianluigi Buffon but
end up in the side netting.
Marchisio's personal battle with
Olsen continued in the opening
minute of the second half, but
once again the 24-year-old got
down well to keep the Italy
international at bay.
Two minutes later the goal came,
though, as Marchisio turned
provider with a defence-splitting
pass forLlorente, the Spanish
forward rounding Olsen to fire
home
Having been a mere spectator
for much of the second half,
Buffon was finally called into
action after 64 minutes when
Enoch Adu found space on the
edge of the penalty area, but the
Juve goalkeeper had no trouble
gathering a tame effort.
Llorente should have doubled his
tally with 20 minutes to play as
he rose to meet a Padoin cross
from the left, but he headed
straight at Olsen.
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SPORTS
FABREGAS HITS BACK AT RAMOS

IN SPAIN COMMITMENT ROW
Madrid (AFP) helsea

midfielder
Cesc
Fabregashas
said
he
was
offended by Spanish
international
teammate
Sergio Ramos questioning his
commitment to La Roja after
pulling out of games against
Belarus and Germany earlier this
month through injury.
Fabregas was allowed to return to
London bySpain's medical team
despite scans failing to prove a
significant injury just two days
after completing the 90 minutes
in Chelsea's 2-1 win at Liverpool.
MANCINI: I WOULD LOVE

TO MANAGE ARSENAL
oberto Mancini has

revealed he wanted
to manage Arsenal
but admits he is
still open to the possibility of
succeeding Arsene Wenger.
The Italian, who turns 50 on
Thursday, guided Manchester
City to their first Premier
League title in 44 years in
2012 before being sacked the
following season.
Mancini recently returned to
Inter for his second stint as
manager. In his first spell at the
club which lasted four years, he
won three Serie A titles.
I would have loved to have
managed Arsenal, a club with a
special charm. But there is still
time, Mancini told Il Corriere
dello Sport.
Where do I see myself at 60?
As coach of the Italian national
team.
BAYERN EAGER TO
LEARN FROM LATE
LAPSES IN MANCHESTER
BERLIN (Reuters) ayern

Munich's
3-2
loss
atManchester City
on Tuesday could
not have come at a better time
for coach Pep Guardiola, who
said his side would learn from
the mistakes that led to a first
defeat since August.
Bayern had already secured
top spot in Champions
League Group E before their
trip to Manchester but were
2-1 ahead and still in control
of the contest until the 85th
minute despite playing with
10 men for most of the match.
However, individual mistakes
gifted two goals to the home
side in the dying minutes as
the English champions rallied
for an unexpected victory to
keep them in a competition
they appeared destined to
crash out of in the group
stage.
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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Arsenal 2-0 Borussia Dortmund:
GUNNERS GO THROUGH
French striker Sonoko scored his first competitive Gunners
goal just over a minute into the game before the Chilean
booked their passage with an excellent finish on the hour
rsenal guaranteed themselves

a place in the last 16 of the
Champions League thanks to a
2-0 win at home against Borussia
Dortmund.
Drafted into the starting XI after Danny
Welbeck's injury, Yaya Sanogo sealed the
perfect start when he finished through the legs
of Roman Weidenfeller after 73 seconds, his
first competitive goal for the Gunners.
Alexis Sanchez then curled a fine shot past
the keeper from just outside the edge of
the penalty area in the 57th minute and a
composed Arsenal were able to hold off
Dortmund's attempts at a fightback thereafter.
Arsenal needed just a point to be assured of
qualification but victory leaves them with a

chance of sealing top spot in the group and
avoiding a potentially tricky last-16 tie.
For Dortmund - already well off the pace
behind leaders Bayern Munich in the
Bundesliga - defeat ended their perfect record
in the competition this season as a side missing
influential forward Marco Reus through injury
struggled to make much of an impact.
Both teams have seen their ranks depleted
by injuries this season and there was further
concern for the hosts as first captain Mikel
Arteta and then Sanogo were forced off during
the second period. That did little to disrupt
their performance, however, as Wenger's men
comfortably held on for their first win and
clean sheet in four matches.

They were given an ideal start when Sanogo
put them in front with the first action of note
in the second minute. The striker exchanged
passes with Santi Cazorla - who came in
following an ankle problem for Jack Wilshere
- and, despite looking to be offside when the
final ball was played, the Frenchman slotted
a low finish through the legs of Weidenfeller.
Sanogo could have doubled his tally soon
afterwards but he was ponderous in possession
and saw his eventual shot blocked by Matthias
Ginter.
Lukasz Piszczek flashed a dangerous cross
across the face of goal in the 20th minute but
the delivery was just out of reach of a sliding
Ciro Immobile.
Arsenal goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, in
the side due to Wojciech Szczesny's hip
injury, produced a fine sprawling save to deny
Henrikh Mkhitaryan as Dortmund continued
to carry a threat with half-time approaching.
Alexis, who had been relatively quiet in
the first period, brought a smart save out of
Weidenfeller a minute later with a stinging
low drive from just outside the area.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain almost marked
his 100th appearance for Arsenal with a
spectacular goal but his dipping volley crashed
back off the crossbar with Weidenfeller
motionless.
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