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Criminal Court 'E' Judge Cianeh Clinton-Johnson Tuesday granted Jaafar Bashir a US$25.000 bail citing several
legal citations as provided by the law. But the decision was immediately overturned by the Supreme Court. The ruling
brings to three the number of high profile ruling favoring Lebanese nationals that the judge has presided over leading
to freedom for alleged rapists.
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DIALOGUE ON
MEDIA ROLE IN THE
EBOLA FIGHT
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Buchanan, Grand Bassa County rand Bassa County was gearing up to celebrate at least
more than 21 days without any new case of the deadly
Ebola Virus until specimen of four sick people from the
LAC Plantation came back positive. This brings to a total
six new confirmed Ebola cases resurfacing between November 1 and
10th in Grand Bassa County.
Until November 4, the Liberian Agricultural Company (LAC)
plantation remained one of the areas dubbed Ebola-free by many,
thanks to several safety measures the management introduced
coupled with instructions by the Ministry of Health and partners on
how to prevent the virus from spreading.
But when four people are said to have traveled to RiverCess County
to attend a burial. They came back and started getting sick, thus the
new cases. When it was confirmed that the four persons including
an 11-year-old girl were all positive with the virus, the management
opted to quarantine the two camps where they resided before their
illness.
At a quickly arranged press briefing on Monday, in Buchanan, the
County Information officer and the county health administrator,
speaking on behalf of the Task Force told journalists that all of the
six cases are connected to RiverCess County when residents of Grand
Bassa crossed over to attend a funeral of a woman who reportedly
died of the virus.
Eddie Williams, Information Officer, disclosed that two of the
six persons died while being transported to the ETU in Monrovia,
indicating that one of the patients died onboard the ambulance from
the LAC hospital and has been buried by the countys Ebola burial
team while the other died in District Four.
In Monrovia Popo Beach community, a team comprising, active case
finders, contact tracers, the World Health Organization (WHO) and
two Community groupsfound clusters of new cases in the area.
From the back ground investigation presented by the active case
finders and corroborated by the contact tracers, it became very
apparent that Popo Beach has become the epicenter of a new Ebola
outbreak, states case findings obtained by FrontPage Africa.
The team states that there are four clusters of Ebola cases with
associated high fatality and each of these four clusters had an
independent index case. The case finders in the Popo Beach
community were able to identify people who had direct contact with
the man who was stabbed in the area in October. Some had alleged
that his wifes lover stabbed him in a jealous rage but everyone who
had direct contact with the mans body fluid are either dead or sick.
Twenty-eight persons from this web of contacts have been lost. They
have escaped to other communities including Old Road, New Kru
Town and Logan Town.
Eight persons who are believed to have had direct contact with the
victims body fluids as it oozed out of his wounds died.
The team wants visit to all of the homes with cases to identify all of
the contacts or establish the locations of all of the contacts and cases
that may not be known yet.
It states that there must be meetings with heads of households on
Ebola awareness in the Popo Beach area as there are reported cases
of denial and hiding of some sick people and the continuous carrying
out of secret burials.
We visited the homes of where the cases occurred and interviewed
contacts and survivals. We noted with dismay that an entire cluster
of households had been deserted and the contacts fled to different
communities, states the team.
Jenewondes nightmare
On Saturday, FrontPageAfrica visited the remote Grand Cape Mount
County town of Jenewonde, for them the Ebola epidemic is just
beginning. The town has lost 10% of its population to the disease
with a fatality rate of 90% and only one survivor.
Juma Mansaray watched as the burial team took away her mother and
aged Grandmother for burial in the forest. Jebbeh Mansaray and her
aged mother Miatta Mansaray are among almost thirty other persons
from the small town who have been buried in unmarked graves on a
once agricultural farmland.
The disease started to spread in the town in September when a
schoolteacher SaiduBallah, a resident of the town brought his sick
daughter from the city (Monrovia). Ballah is said to have taken his
daughter to a local herbalist who refused to treat her. He then brought
her home and when she died, Ballah, along with some of the towns
people secretly buried her. Residents said seven days after the burial,
Ballah and almost his entire family, except for one person died.
RIVERCESS ALSO HIT
In RiverCess County, information suggests that at least 10 persons
have died from the virus while 20 more people in Gozohn Town
(District #1) have been quarantined and with 81 under surveillance. It
is unclear whether all the 20 people have been tested and are confirmed
Ebola patients.Dr. Wilmot Smith, River CessCounty Health Officer,
told a local radio station that the main challenge is the lack of an
Ebola Treatment Unit (ETU) in the county.
Most villages in the area where deaths occurred remain under
surveillance or quarantine but the issue of denial is rife. Health
authorities say locals in these rural areas are still attending unsafe
burials and performing rituals during the burial of loved ones. The
deplorable road condition also seems to be a factor that is impeding
efforts by health workers in the area to respond to the outbreak. These
health workers in some cases travel on foot to remote communities
and sometimes it takes seven to eight hours to get to one village.
On Monday, sources hinted FrontPage Africa that the administrations
of Grand Bassa and RiverCess Counties were holding a meeting
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CHICKENS COMING
HOME TO ROOST IN
UNITY PARTY
The Editor,
EDITORIAL TEAM
Monrovia
emember JAAFAR
BASHIR, 44, the
Lebanese
national
charged for his alleged
involvement in the raping of
young Liberian children within
the age range of 7, 9, 10, 11, 12
and 15?
He came close to walking out
of the Monrovia Central Prison
Tuesday after Criminal Court 'E'
Judge Cianeh Clinton-Johnson
granted him a US$25K bail,
citing several legal citations as
provided by the law.
The swift intervention of
Solicitor General Betty Lamin
Blamo
prompted
Supreme
Court Chamber Judge, Associate
Justice Phillip A.Z. Banks
to immediately file a writ of
prohibition and ordered a stay
of the release, keeping Bashir
behind bars.
The bail ruling brings to three
the number of high-profile
cases Judge Clinton Johnson
has presided over leading to
freedom for Lebanese nationals.
Bashir was arrested on April 19,
2013 and indicted for statutory
rape and endangering welfare
of children as well as interfering
with child custody.
In February, with Judge ClintonJohnson presiding, another
Lebanese national, Ali Saksouk,
21, who was also accused of rape
but granted his freedom by the
controversial judge.
Saksouk was accused of raping a
13-year-old girl.
His release, judicial sources
inform FrontPageAfrica was
done in secrecy and it is unclear
whether he is still in Liberia or
has fled the country.
Saksouk was freed even though
the state had not entered a plea
of nolle prosequoi on his behalf.
The defendant is the owner of the
Kings and Queen Supermarkets
on Benson Street and Sinkor Old
Road.
The victims father, Tarnue
Kesselly, had filed a complaint
against the accused.
According to the charge sheet, the
father reported to police that his
13-year-old daughter was caught
in a 4- Runner Jeep owned and
operated by defendant Saksouk.
The victim reportedly told police
that she met the defendant in
2013 at the Kings and Queens
Supermarket on the Old Road.
The victim told the police that
during that time the defendant
befriended her and both of them
exchanged phone numbers. She
also told criminal investigators
that since then, they had been
communicating on Facebook.
Following her explanation, the
police said they established
that the defendant allegedly
had sexual intercourse with the
victim and medical report from
the James Davies Memorial
Hospital revealed old healed
laceration on her private part.
Judge Clinton Johnson also
had a hand in the nicodemuslike release from the Monrovia
Central Prison of Anthony
Kassabli, 44, and his father,
Edmund Dib Kassabli, 81, two
Lebanese nationals convicted of
Human Trafficking.
FrontPageAfrica
recently
reported that the Kassablis
were recently released on bail.
The father, Edmund Dib, has
reportedly left the country while
his son remains out on bail in
Monrovia.
Liberia has become a major hub
for human trafficking with the
U.S. State Department recently
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Criminal Court 'E' Judge Cianeh Clinton-Johnson Tuesday granted Jaafar Bashir a US$25.000 bail citing several legal citations
as provided by the law. But the decision was immediately overturned by the Supreme Court. The ruling brings to three the
number of high profile ruling favoring Lebanese nationals that the judge has presided over leading to freedom for alleged rapists.
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ne needed the
senses of William
Shakespeare or to
have been a poet
to have understood Benjamin
Sanveetowards the end of
his less than eight-minute
interview with Sky FMs
T-max Jlateh on November 10.
Jlateh,
famed
for
his
stimulating topics from the
days of ex-President Charles
Taylor on DC Talk on DC
101.1 FM, sought to find
answers to whether Sanvee, a
candidate in the Montserrado
County senatorial elections in
December, had joined Unity
Partys(UP) Ali Sylla in a
reported sellout deal.
But Sanvee, who announced
a
senatorial
exploratory
committee on YouTube on July
28, 2013, said the rumors were
legitimate because Liberian
politics has been repeatedly
compromised by insincere
candidates desperate to make
money.
He confirmed visiting the
United States, from where
Sylla emailed his withdrawal
notice on November 5, to hold
broader consultations with
Liberians.
As a result of that [repeated
compromises],
most
of
the time people think that
everybody that gets involved
in Liberian politics tend to
be compromised also. I was
in Liberia during what I
considered the ground zero
of the whole Ebola crisis. My
activities were well publicized.
I left to go the United States
to attend to official matters in
regards to the fact that I am the
co-chair of the Liberty Party
taskforce [on Ebola] and I also
went to talk to Liberians in
the Diaspora based on the fact
that I am a candidate in this
race. At no time I was in any
negotiation to sellout.
Thats not in my character
and what makes it laughable is
that when no one stood-up to
make Montserrado attractive
thats when I stood-up. We
started this conversation about
a year and a half ago. And it is a
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AND DISGRUNTLED
Sanvee takes Sirleaf, Weah and Neyor to task as Montserrado County senatorial D-Day draws nearer
Danesius Marteh, danesius.marteh@frontpageafricaonline.com
Benjamin Sanvee
George Weah
Robert Sirleaf
little laughable to see now that
people are assuming that I will
sell now, Sanvee told Jlatehs
50-50 program.
He said rumors about a sellout
deal involving him were tactics
of a corrupt system that is
jittery about his candidacy.
Sorry for Sylla?
Sanvee said it was regrettable
that Sylla pulled out of the race
due to a lack of support from
his party.
I spoke to Ali on the day of
his announcement. Hes a good
Christopher Neyor
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GOVERNMENT NEWS
Monrovia ootball
legend
George
Manneh
Weah has reportedly
stepped down as
Liberias Peace Ambassador,
FrontPageAfrica has learned.
The move is likely to put
Weah in preparation mode for
the upcoming Montserrado
County senatorial elections.
Weah was appointed in
December 2012, a decision
which drew criticisms from
many of his supporters fearing
that it could hurt his political
ambition.
Weah replaced Nobel laureate
Leymah Gbowee who stepped
down in October 2012 as head
of the National Reconciliation
Commission after criticizing
Sirleaf for not doing enough
to fight corruption. Gbowee
said they had differences
in opinion on the pathway
for national healing and
reconciliation.
Running
on the ticket of
A
Monrovia-
s the political
process heats up in
Liberia; political
institutions
are
now galvanizing support and
designing strategies to ensure
that they are successful in the
upcoming senatorial elections.
The Opposition Liberty Party
has disclosed that following
months of in house discussions
it has finalized members of its
campaign teams and strategies
designed to ensure victory
and is now unveiling the
twelve candidates qualified
by the National Elections
Commission to contest in the
upcoming elections in twelve
of Liberias fifteen counties.
Liberty
Party
Acting
Chairperson Rugie Barry at
a news conference Tuesday
said the party is of no doubt
that its candidates qualified
by the National Elections
Commission (NEC) have
resplendent character traits to
provide good leadership for
Liberia when elected.
Madam
Barry
also
disclosed that Lofa County
Representative Eugene Fallah
Kparkar and Grand Bassa
County Senator Nyonblee
Karnga Lawrence have been
endorsed by members of the
party to serve as Chairman and
Co-chairperson respectively of
the partys national campaign.
She said the national campaign
team will coordinate and
spearhead all Liberty Party
campaign activities in the
twelve counties were its
candidates will be contesting.
Several
individuals
were
appointed
to
serve
as
campaign heads for the party
including Darius Dillon who
has been charged with the
task to campaign in the tough
Montserrado terrain for the
Partys candidate, Benjamin
Sanvee.
Senator Nyongble K. Lawrence
is to ensure that Jonathan
Kaipay emerges as winner
of the Grand Bassa County
senatorial seat.
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MEDIA ISSUES
M
Monrovia -
edia Managers
on November
11, 2014 gather
at the Corina
Hotel in Monrovia to dialogue
on Strengthening Media
Partnership to roll back Ebola.
The dialogue organized by the
Center for Media Studies and
Peacebuilding (CEMESP) with
funding from IREX sought
to gauge the views of media
managers on what role can the
media play in the fight against
Ebola.
In a remark, Ministry of
Information boss, Mr. Lewis
Browne said In this critical
point of Ebola crisis the
Liberian media should now
consolidate more than ever
before in an effort to end the
pandemic.
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IN BRIEF
WORLD NEWS
FURTHER ECONOMIC
SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA NOT
PLANNED, MERKEL SAYS
Ouagadougou (AFP) n
Burkina
Faso's
version of WikiLeaks,
enterprising advocates
of transparency were
selling the secret financial and
legal papers of the toppled
president's family to anyone
with a few francs to spare.
The sellers nearly yanked
passersby off their motorcycles
while shouting "black list!",
"the complete files!" in front of
their source: the pillaged home
of Francois Compaore in the
capital Ouagadougou.
He is brother to ex-president
Blaise Compaore, who was
forced out after 27 years
in power on October 31 by
citizens outraged over his plans
to extend his presidency in this
poor west African state.
"It was all found at Francois'
house. We made copies that
we're selling so that the
population can learn the truth
about hundreds of unsolved
cases," Ali Sawadogo told AFP
as he hawked the files for 500
CFA francs (80 euro cents, $1)
a piece.
They
include
documents
concerning two 1998 murders
-- one of a leading independent
journalist -- that implicated
Francois
Compaore
until
charges against him were
dropped.
To the people of Burkina
Faso, Francois Compaore is
known as the "little president",
a political strongman and
potential successor to his
brother.
"He was an omnipresent,
omnipotent man who had
influence in administration, the
business world and the army,"
said Chrysogome Zougmore,
president of the Burkinabe
BERLIN (Reuters)
ermany's
Angela
Merkel said on
Tuesday there were
no plans at present
for further economic sanctions
on Russia over Ukraine but she
was unhappy that a ceasefire
agreement was being broken and
that pro-Russian rebels had gone
ahead with their elections.
"We are not satisfied with the
situation of the Minsk agreement
because large parts of the
Minsk agreement are not being
implemented," she said, adding
that the ceasefire and respect
for Ukraine's borders were both
being flouted.
The chancellor said she would
speak to Ukraine's President
Petro Poroshenko and Russia's
Vladimir Putin and reiterated
her intention to have European
Union travel bans extended to
newly-elected separatist officials
in eastern Ukraine.
Sports
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SPORTS
EBOLA EFFECT
he
Confederation
of African Football
(Caf) has confirmed
that Morocco will
not host the 2015 Africa
Cup of Nations and has now
been disqualified from the
competition.
Morocco had requested that the
Afcon be postponed until 2016
due to fears over the spread of
Ebola, but Caf recently rejected
this possibility.
The country has now opted to
pull out of hosting the finals,
and Caf has announced that as
a result they have been expelled
from playing altogether.
"The Executive Committee of
the Confederation of African
Football has taken note of
the response of the Minister
of Youth and Sports of the
The Confederation of African Football has confirmed that the country will not
host the competition and has thus been disqualified from the 2015 edition
Kingdom of Morocco in a
letter dated 8 November 2014
requesting the postponement
of the Orange Africa Cup of
Nations in 2015," a statement
read on Caf's official website.
"This
response
clearly
indicates that the Royal
Moroccan Football Federation
reiterated its refusal to hold
the competition on the dates
indicated (January 17-February
applications
of
national
associations
confirming
their desire to host the 2015
competition on the dates
agreed. These applications
are currently under review,
and the Executive Committee
will finalize the selection
of the successful National
Association
shortly
and
confirm the place and date of
the draw of the final tournament
anchester
City
manager Manuel
Pellegrini says
the
Premier
League champions have no
intention of selling midfielder
Yaya Toure, despite the Cote
d'Ivoire international's declining
performances.
The 31-year-old has come
under fire for his displays this
season after reports that he was
unhappy during the summer
over the club's treatment of him
in the aftermath of his brother
Ibrahim's death.
The criticism intensified after
Toure was sent off in the club's
2-1 defeat to CSKA Moscow
in midweek, but City's Chilean
boss insists he is still a key
player at the Etihad Stadium.
Pellegrini told reporters: "There
are a lot of reports Yaya will be
sold. Nowhere in this club are
we talking about that. Yaya is
very important."
EX-CHELSEA BOSS
TIPPED FOR GHANA POST
he 59-year-old Israeli
has agreed in principle
to become the next
Black Stars boss but
must first negotiate a financial
package
The Ghana Football Association
has settled on former Chelsea
manager Avram Grant as the
next Black Stars coach.
According to the west African
nation's football governing
body, the Israeli will succeed
Kwesi Appiah if he can reach a
financial agreement.
Ghana FA boss Kwesi Nyantakyi
said at a press conference Friday
that the former Maccabi Tel
Aviv and West Ham United
manager stood out among the
final candidates - a shortlist
which included Michel Pont,
Juan Ignacio Jimenez, Patrick
Kluivert and Marco Tardelli.
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GELDOF:
NEW BAND
AID SINGLE
TO HELP
FIGHT
EBOLA
ne Direction, Ed
Sheeran and a host
of other stars are to
raise money to fight
Ebola with a 30th anniversary
version of the Band Aid charity
single first recorded in aid of
famine relief in Ethiopia.
Bob Geldof and fellow singersongwriter Midge Ure, the
original Band Aid organizers,
announced plans to re-record
the single -- "Do They Know
It's Christmas?" -- at a news
conference Monday.
Geldof reflected on the cruelty of
Ebola, which is spread by contact
with the bodily fluids of a person
infected with the virus. "Mothers
can't cradle their children; lovers
can't comfort each other; wives
can't hold their husbands' hands
while they die. That's not right. It
can be stopped," he said.
He also praised the "immensity
of bravery" of those caring for
Ebola patients in West Africa,
where the worst affected
nations are Guinea, Liberia and
Sierra Leone, including British
healthcare workers and military.
The lineup for the 30th
anniversary single combines
some of those involved in the
original recording in 1984 as
well as fresh talent. Besides
pop superstars One Direction,
the artists signed up to take
part include U2 frontman Bono,
Coldplay's Chris Martin and
Ellie Goulding.
The new version of the track will
be recorded this weekend at the
same London studios where the
original was created. Some of the
lyrics will be updated to reflect
the different circumstances of
this crisis, 30 years on.
he United States
is officially Ebolafree.
Dr.
Craig
Spencer, the New
York City-based physician
who contracted Ebola while
treating patients with Doctors
Without Borders in Guinea,
was dismissed from Bellevue
Hospital Tuesday morning.
He is officially Ebola-free, and
while hundreds of Americans
remain under observation, this
places the United States back
on the list of countries without
Ebola cases.
Dr. Spencer did everything
right, said New York City
Mayor Bill de Blasio in a press
conference Tuesday outside
of Bellevue Hospital. Dr.
Spencer was an example to us
all. He was cool and calm and
focused throughout.
Dr. Laura Evans, the physician
in charge of Dr. Spencers care,
said when he was brought into
the hospital she thought it was
another drill, but this was the
real thing. We were ready
though, said Dr. Evans.
[Dr. Spencers] work in West
Africa was not only for the
people of Guinea, it was for
all of us, said Dr. Mary Travis
Bassett, commissioner of the
New York City Department
of Public Health. We hope
we wont see another case of
Ebola, but we will be vigilant
in our response and also in the
battle against stigma, which is
another unfortunate side effect
of Ebola.
My treatment and recovery is
an example of the effectiveness
of the protocols in place for
health care workers returning
from West Africa, said Dr.
Spencer. While my case
has garnered international
attention, its importat to
remember that my infection
represents just one of the
thousands affected by the Ebola
outbreak in West Africa...
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AMERICA OFFICIALLY
EBOLA FREE
Dr. Craig Spencer Released From NYC Hospital
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TUBMAN UNIVERSITY
REGULATOR
STILL
IN
LACC
DRAGNET
DISMISSES
'UNFAIR
Commission on Higher Education Director General long Corruption tale
RECRUITMENT OPERATIONS'
Monrovia he
House
of
Representatives and
Senate have passed
separate
resolutions
with two preferences for the
upcoming senatorial elections.
The House of Representatives
had already endorsed the
requested December 16, 2014
date by the National Elections
Commission (NEC) while the
senate has set December 30th
2014 as the official date for the
conduct of the special senatorial
elections throughout the country.
The senate in its communication
states: Acknowledging that the
National Elections Commission
(NEC) in its letter dated 3rd
November 2014 further requests
legislative approval of its
alternative plan of action and
additional funding for the delayed
conduct of elections which was
not originally anticipated; having
therefore carefully reviewed the
new request or funding as well
as revised electoral scheduled
as submitted by the NEC, it is
resolved by the Senate and the
House of Representatives of
the 53rd National Legislature
of the Republic of Liberia in
extraordinary session assembled.
The Senate proposed that the
National Elections Commission,
the Agency of government
authorized to hold a general and
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The Ivory Coast international scored both
goals as CSKA shocked English champions
Manchester City 2-1 at the Etihad Stadium
in the Champions League on November 5
having also scored in the 2-2 draw during
the first leg on October 21 in Moscow.
Jabateh did give a glorious impression of
the footballer he wanted to be since his
move from Liberia to Nigeria and from
Denmark to Russia.
So has he failed to show that his genuine
greatness was a real possibility?
It is not so late. Sekou Jabateh is a good
player. Hes a fine player and a young guy.
Sometimes people experienced differences
in their career. He started very well [but]
he had this situation where his career is not
too stable at his club and also at the national
team.
But I think he still has time to improve
because hes not a bad player at all. So those
are just some of the phases you go through
in your professional career. It doesnt mean
that is the end of his career. I am sure he can
use this season to bounce back. The season
just started.
I heard that he scored two goals and I want
to hope that he continues working hard so
that he can make himself a regular player on
the team. Hes a good player and I think he
can make a difference, Kelvin Sebwe, who
played for Liberia between 1988 to 2009,
told UNMIL Radios Sport Extra program
on October 25.
A much-travelled player, Sebwe played for
clubs in France, Belgium and the United
Arab Emirates but spent the major part of
his career in Greece, where he played for
eight different clubs.
And Sebwe said hes willing to lend a
helping hand toJabateh once a link is
established.
I have been hoping to get in touch with
Jabateh. I am open to give pieces of advice.
I am open to let him know what exactly to
expect and how to cope with the situation
but I havent been able to get in touch with
him.
I have been trying and I will be willing to
talk to him or sent him emails if any of you
guys can help me get in touch with him.
This is not the end [of his career]. He needs
to do certain things in order to put his career
back to where it should be. He needs to do
that on a club level first. He needs to do that
on the national team level because he still
got somethings to prove to his country,
Sebwe added.
And Jabateh will be hoping to continue
from where he stopped when Kuban travel
to Zenit St. Petersburg, who dropped their
first three points in the leaguea 1-3 defeat
to Terek Grozny on November 8 on
November 22.