(ANSA) - ROMA, 12 FEB - People stand next to roadblocks
placed by wives and widows of armed forces soldiers to protest
against the appointment of new defense minister Prince Johnson
in Bushrod Island, a suburb of Monrovia, Liberia, 12 February
2024. Liberian President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed
Forces Joseph Nyuma Boakai on 12 February accepted the
resignation of the recently confirmed Minister of National
Defense Prince C. Johnson that was submitted 'due to the current
political and civil disturbances occasioned by the protest of
women believed to be wives of service men', according to a
presidential statement. Women, believed to be wives and widows
of current and late soldiers of the Liberian Armed Forces staged
protests and set up roadblocks on 11 February demanding the
dismissing of the new defense minister over alleged maltreatment
of military personnel and denying them of incentives and
benefits while serving as Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of
Liberia. (ANSA).