2022 in Liberia

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Events in the year 2022 in Liberia.

Incumbents

• President: George Weah
• Vice President: Jewel Taylor
• Chief Justice: Francis S. Korkpor, Sr. (until September 27), Sie-A-Nyene Yuoh

Events

See also: COVID-19 pandemic in Liberia

• January 20 – Twenty-nine people are killed during a stampede at an open-air Pentecostal church in Monrovia. The stampede was triggered by panic after gangsters entered the prayer ground after a collection.^[1]
• February 14 – The Executive Mansion is reopened after burning down on July 26, 2006, and President Weah moves into it.^[2]
• March 9 – Officials from Air France inform Transport Minister Samuel A. Wlue that the company plans to cease operations in Liberia effective April 2022, in an attempt to restore profitability.^[3]
• March 14 – Facia Boyenoh Harris, along with eleven other women, is awarded the 2022 International Women of Courage Award.^[4]
• June 8 – Liberia announces its intention to open a trade mission in Jerusalem, that is to become an Israeli embassy over time.^[5]
• July 22 – President George Weah signs an amendment to the 1973 Alien and Nationality Act which allows for dual citizenship.^[6][7]
• July 25 – Health Minister Wilhelmina Jallah announces the first confirmed case of monkeypox in the country since 2018.^[8][9]
• July 26 – Commerce Minister Mawine G. Diggs serves as national Independence Day orator.^[10]
• August 15 – Three Liberian officials, Minister of State Nathaniel McGill, Solicitor General Sayma Cyrennius Cephus, and National Port Authority head Bill Twehway, have sanctions imposed on them by the United States Department of Treasury for involvement in corruption.^[11]
• August 23 – Associate Justice Sie-A-Nyene Yuoh is nominated by President Weah to replace Francis Korkpor as chief justice upon his resignation in September.^[12]
• September 22 – Liberia establishes diplomatic relations with Jamaica.^[13]
• September 27 – Chief Justice Francis Korkpor announces his retirement.^[14]
• October 6 – United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice Beth Van Schaack arrives in Liberia.^[15]

Deaths

• January 18 – G. V. Kromah, former warlord and leader of the ULIMO (b. 1953)^[16]
• February 16 – Amos Sawyer, Interim President of Liberia, in Baltimore, Maryland, U. S. (b. 1945)^[17]
• April 22 – Walter Gwenigale, politician, minister of health and social welfare (b. 1935)^[18]
• August 12 – Lewis Jerome Zeigler, Roman Catholic prelate, in Monrovia (b. 1944)^[19]
• October 18 – Charles A. Clarke, politician (b. 1941)^[20]

See also

• COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
• Foreign relations of Liberia

References

1. "Liberian church stampede kills 29 worshippers in Monrovia". BBC News. 2022-01-20. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
2. Genoway, Edwin Jr. (February 8, 2022). "Liberia: President Weah to Move in the Executive Mansion on February 14". FrontPage Africa. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
3. "Air France Suspends Flights to Liberia Beginning April 2022". FrontPage Africa (Press release). March 11, 2022. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
4. "2022 International Women of Courage Awards". Voice of America (Press release). March 25, 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
5. Bassist, Rina (2022). "Israeli Ambassador, Liberian NGO Empower Single Women with Livelihood Skills". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
6. Bondo, Dounard (July 27, 2022). "All you need to know about Liberia's new dual citizenship law". Al Jazeera. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
7. Sonpon, Leroy M. III (July 20, 2022). "Liberia: Dual Citizenship Becomes Legal". Liberian Observer. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
8. Genoway, Edwin Jr. (July 27, 2022). "Liberia: Health Authorities Announce First Case of Monkeypox Discovered in Maryland County". FrontPage Africa. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
9. "Liberia reports first monkeypox case since 2018". Reuters. July 25, 2022. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
10. "Minister Mawine G. Diggs becomes July 26 Orator". Women Voices Newspaper. July 14, 2022. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
11. Sieh, Rodney (August 15, 2022). "Liberia: Key Members of Weah-Led Government Placed on US Sanctions". FrontPage Africa. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
12. Karmo, Henry (August 19, 2022). "Liberia: Associate Justice Sie-A-Nyene Gyapay Yuoh Tipped for Chief Justice Post". FrontPage Africa. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
13. "Liberia and Jamaica Establish Formal Diplomatic Relations" (Press release). FrontPage Africa. 24 September 2022.
14. "Chief Justice Korkpor Retires Today". New Republic Liberia. September 27, 2022. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
15. Stephens, Anthony (October 6, 2022). "Liberia: Survivors of Lutheran Church Massacre Sue Lib. Gov. at ECOWAS Court as US Amb. on War Crimes Begins Visit to Liberia". FrontPage Africa. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
16. "Liberian Warlord Dies without Justice for Victims". Liberian Observer. January 19, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
17. Dodoo, Lennart (16 February 2022). "Liberia: Former Interim President, Dr. Amos Sawyer Has Died". FrontPage Africa. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
18. "Liberia: Former Minister of Health Dr. Walter Gwenigale Has Died". FrontPage Africa. April 22, 2022. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
19. Koinyeneh, Gerald C. (August 13, 2022). "Catholic Archbishop Lewis Zeigler is Dead". FrontPage Africa. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
20. "Dr. Charles Amstard Clarke". TLC Africa. October 25, 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2023.