(17 Jul 2025)
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Monrovia, Liberia – 17 July 2025
1. Various of opposition protesters holding posters with slogan (English) "Enough is enough"
2. Wide pan of protesters
3. SOUNDBITE (Liberian English/Koloqua) Dougis Smith, opposition protester:
“We the motorcyclists, we want a war crimes court. The war crimes court should not be for (late Liberian warlord) Prince Johnson alone. ‘(General) Butt Naked’ (Joshua Milton Blahyi, ex-Liberian warlord), needs to go to the war crimes court too.”
4. Various of security
5. Protester with placard reading (English) “Where is the rule of law you promised us?”
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Victoria Roberts, businesswoman and opposition protester:
“I am very angry, this is why I am in the street today. I am in the street to remind my government of their past promises that they made to we, the Liberian people. That they were going to better our lives. How can you say that you came to better the lives of the people, but then you came and took people from jobs? Is that what you call betterment?”
7. Protesters walking
8. Solidarity and Trust for a New Day (STAND) civil society group Chairman and protest organiser Mulbah Morlu (in yellow jacket) walking among protesters
9. SOUNDBITE (Liberian English/Koloqua) Musu Dennis, opposition protester:
“Liberians voted for Joseph Boakai because he has 40 years experience. So he should start to use that 40 years experience for the Liberian people, not for him to come and put tension on the Liberian people. We are suffering. Let Joseph Boakai do the right thing for us Liberian people. What he has promised us, let him do it."
10. Protesters walking
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of Liberians took to the streets of Monrovia under the slogan "enough is enough" on Thursday, calling for accountability from the administration of President Joseph Boakai.
Boakai, who came into office last year, ran on a campaign to clear up governance and improve living conditions for ordinary Liberians.
Protesters say those promises have not been fulfilled.
“I am in the street to remind my government of their past promises that they made to we, the Liberian people," protester and businesswoman Victoria Roberts told the Associated Press.
“How can you say that you came to better the lives of the people, but then you came and took people from jobs? Is that what you call betterment?”
Opposition figure Mulbah Morlu, a former chair of ex-president George Weah’s Congress for Democratic Change party, is leading the protest movement.
The demonstrators will make their way through the capital to the presidential palace to deliver a petition, Morlu said on local radio.
Among their concerns are the establishment of a special court dedicated to investigating war crimes, restoration of the rule of law, and redress for what they described as politically motivated dismissals by the government.
Monrovia’s normally busy streets were visibly quieter as many residents stayed home out of concern the protest could turn chaotic.
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