| 5,635,733 |
6.31 |
-10.8 |
Liberia |
|
Students under the banner "Concerned Margibi University Students" or MARUSA stormed the Capitol Building, accusing officials of mismanaging funds budgeted for development in Margibi County |
| 5,635,739 |
6.31 |
-10.8 |
Liberia |
|
Youth under the banner of Youth for Progressive Action and United Conscious Students Association gathered in front of the Ministry of Public Works, calling for the resignation of the Public Works Minister. Police intervened to remove protesters by the entrance of the Ministry. |
| 5,635,742 |
6.31 |
-10.8 |
Liberia |
|
13 men were found guilty of cross-border mercenary activity in neighbouring Ivory Coast, convicted on their role in attacks on villages in 2011/12. This was the 1st verdict under Liberias mercenary law. |
| 5,635,748 |
6.31 |
-10.8 |
Liberia |
|
An angry mob armed with sticks and other deadly instruments went to the Executive Mansion, residence of the president of Liberia, to break down a fence which they said was disrupting water flow; they surprised and overpowered the EPS: Executive Protective Service and UNMIL officers on duty |
| 5,635,751 |
5.8808 |
-10.0466 |
Liberia |
|
Residents gathered at the Equatorial Palm Oil Company HQ in Buchanan to deliver a petition with over 90,000 signatures; only one of their members was allowed in, with traditional elders being forced to wait outside |
| 5,635,754 |
6.31 |
-10.8 |
Liberia |
|
Employees of the Ministry of Finance engaged in a go-slow action to protest against the plans of making some employees redundant as they merge with the Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs; the employees got restless and started chanting anti-Finance Minister slogans, and were later asked to leave the premises by the police |
| 5,635,758 |
7 |
-9.47 |
Liberia |
|
Supporters of two canidates running for the Unity Party clashed in Bong in the run-up to the announcement of candidates for the county; another fight happened just before the results were called |
| 5,635,761 |
6.27556 |
-10.71778 |
Liberia |
|
Marketers, mostly women, set up road blocks to draw attention to their demands for justice in the murder of a security guard protecting the market they work at |
| 5,635,765 |
5.1875 |
-9.04444 |
Liberia |
|
The chairman of Abloteh was attacked by an "agitator" while he was en-route to a meeting; he was injured and was taken to a hospital in Greenville |
| 5,635,769 |
7.43602 |
-8.63286 |
Liberia |
|
A protest in Zolowee against the steel-producing giant Arcelor Mittal involving the setting up of roadblocks turned violent after police fired tear gas and shot into the air; rioters then fired on police with single-barrel hunting rifles and ambushed a police jeep, burned a bridge linking Sanniquellie to Yekepa, and causing substantial damage to properties owned by Arcelor Mittal; employees of the company were also taken hostage |
