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List of events
Events in the year 2020 in
Liberia .
Incumbents
Events
March 16 – The first case of COVID-19 in the country was confirmed. The person, a government official, had traveled from Switzerland.
[1]
April 4 – The first COVID-19 death in the country is reported.
[2]
April 8 – President
George Weah declared lock-down measures to take effect on April 10 and last for 3 weeks, including suspension of all non-essential travel and curfews. Schools were closed across the country, and churches, mosques, bars, and beaches in parts of the country.
[3]
[4]
December 8
December 28
The Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) calls for a rerun of the election in the
Nimba County Senatorial Election.
[6]
The United States extends the Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness program (LRIF) until December 20, 2021.
[7]
Deaths
June 21
July 1 –
J. Nagbe Sloh , member of the
House of Representatives of Liberia , in Monrovia
[10]
July 8 –
Munah Pelham-Youngblood , member of the House of Representatives of Liberia, in
Accra ,
Ghana (b. 1983)
[11]
August 5 –
Lahai Gbabye Lansanah , former Bomi County senator (b. 1968)
[12]
September 16 –
Chea Cheapoo , Chief Justice (1987), in
New Georgia (b. 1942)
[13]
April 4 –
George Dweh , politician and warlord, Speaker of the National Transitional Legislative Assembly of Liberia (2003–2005) (b. 1961)
[14]
See also
References
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"Liberia Records First Case of Coronavirus; Health Authorities Hold Emergency Meeting" . FrontPageAfrica . 2020-03-16. Retrieved 2020-06-19 .
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"National Public Health Institute of Liberia-NPHIL" . www.facebook.com . Retrieved 2020-06-19 .
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"Liberia: President Weah Announces 3 Weeks State of Emergency" . FrontPageAfrica . 2020-04-08. Retrieved 2020-06-19 .
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"Liberia braces for coronavirus with defunct health system" . www.aljazeera.com . Retrieved 2020-06-19 .
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"Liberia votes on Weah plan to cut presidential terms" . news.yahoo.com . Yahoo News. AFP. December 8, 2020. Retrieved December 8, 2020 .
^ Mehnpaine, Tina S. (29 December 2020).
"Liberia: CPP Calls for Rerun of Nimba Disputed Election" . allAfrica.com . Daily Observer. Retrieved January 3, 2021 .
^ Russell, Wynfred (30 December 2020).
"Liberia: U.S. Congress Extends Ded Program for Liberian Immigrants" . allAfrica.com . Front Page Africa. Retrieved January 3, 2021 .
^ Butler, Colin.
"Man gunned down in London, Ont., home invasion linked to Liberian war crimes" .
CBC . Retrieved June 23, 2022 .
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"Liberia: Dr. Joseph Korto, Presidential Candidate in '05, Education Minister is Dead" .
FrontPage Africa . June 23, 2020. Retrieved August 10, 2022 .
^ Sonpon, Leroy M. (July 1, 2020).
" 'Radical Lawmaker', Rep. Jay Nagbe Sloh, Dies" . Archived from
the original on December 16, 2020. Retrieved August 10, 2022 .
^ Sieh, Rodney.
"Liberia: 'A Real Tragedy Has Hit the CDC': Rep Munah.Pelham Youngblood is Dead" .
FrontPage Africa . Retrieved July 14, 2022 .
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"Bomi County Former Senator Lahai Gbabye Lansanah Is Dead" . Global News Network Liberia . August 6, 2020. Retrieved March 17, 2023 .
^ Dodoo, Lennart (September 17, 2020).
"Liberia: Chea Cheapoo Sr., Former Supreme Court Chief Justice, Attorney General Dies at 88" .
FrontPage Africa . Retrieved July 17, 2022 .
^ Sendolo, Joaquin M. (April 6, 2020).
"George Dweh, Notorious Civil War Actor, Is Dead" .
Liberian Observer . Archived from
the original on April 24, 2020. Retrieved August 10, 2022 .