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The man accused of attempting to assassinate Liberian leader Gen. Samuel K. Doe was executed on a beach by a firing squad today. Journalists witnessed the public execution of Col. Moses Flanzamaton, the deputy commander of the presidential guard, at a local military camp. Doe announced the death penalty for Flanzamaton after a military hearing. At the same time, Doe freed four leading politicians whom the colonel had implicated in a public confession. The four freed men were Gabriel Baccus Matthews of the United People’s Party, Counselor Tuan Wreh and Harry A. Greaves of the Liberian Action Party and Dr. Edward B. Kesselly of the Unity Party. Doe said the joint security forces found insufficient evidence to “confirm the implication of these four individuals and others in the Flanzamaton plot.” According to Doe, the attempt on his life took place April 1 when Flanzamaton opened fire on a jeep driven by Doe. The shooting occurred at the gates of Doe’s mansion, the Liberian State House, where Flanzamaton was the deputy commander of the guard battalion. Doe said the colonel had been about to be sent to prison for debts to a local public corporation and attempted the assassination in an effort to avoid jail. + #africa #politics #liberia + ====== SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ====== Cash App: https://cash.app/$MyBlackPlanet Website: https://myblackplanet.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/myblackplanet2 Merch: https://my-black-planet.myspreadshop.com + Liberia Ministry of National Security - Francois R. Junius

Police and Army units were deployed around the town including to serve as guards for the palace of the traditional ruler, the Odemo of Isara, Oba Samuel Akisanya. The Oba was slightly hurt when he agrued with a crowd which had gathered to protest outside of his palace which was burnt. The homes of some of his chiefs were also burnt as was his Mercedes Benz. + ====== SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ====== Cash App: https://cash.app/$MyBlackPlanet Website: https://myblackplanet.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/myblackplanet2 Merch: https://my-black-planet.myspreadshop.com + #nigeria #history #africa

Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye MFR, known professionally as King Sunny Adé, is a Nigerian jùjú singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is regarded as one of the first African pop musicians to gain international success, and has been called one of the most influential musicians of all time. + ====== SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ====== Cash App: https://cash.app/$MyBlackPlanet Website: https://myblackplanet.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/myblackplanet2 Merch: https://my-black-planet.myspreadshop.com + #nigeria #music #juju

The Nigerian Navy owes its origin to the Nigerian Marine. Formed in 1914 after the amalgamation of the then Northern and Southern Nigeria, the Nigerian Marine, as it became known after 1914, was a quasi-military organization. This force expanded to become the Southern Nigerian Marine in 1893. A Northern Nigeria equivalent was formed in 1900. The two Marines were merged in 1914. Responsibilities included administration of the ports and harbours, dredging of channels, buoyage and lighting. It also operated ferry services, touring launches, and other small craft that plied the various creeks and other inland waterways.

For much of its 164-year history, Liberia has enjoyed a special status among Africa’s nations. Founded in 1847 by freed slaves from the United States and the Caribbean, it was Africa’s first independent black republic, and people across Africa considered it both an inspiration and a beacon of hope. Nevertheless, the relationship between the African-American arrivals, known as Americo-Liberians or “Congo” people, and the many ethnic groups already present in Liberia, bore many similarities to European colonialism in the rest of Africa. + #liberia #africa #history + ====== SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ====== Cash App: https://cash.app/$MyBlackPlanet Website: https://myblackplanet.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/myblackplanet2

L'Orchestre Bella Bella was a prominent DR Congo soukous band that formed in the early 1970s. It was led by the Soki brothers. With Shama Shama and Lipwa Lipwa, it was one of the bands that popularized a smoother, softer style in the soukous scene. + ====== SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ====== Cash App: https://cash.app/$MyBlackPlanet Website: https://myblackplanet.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/myblackplanet2 Merch: https://my-black-planet.myspreadshop.com + #congo #afrique

The First Liberian Civil War was an internal conflict in Liberia from 1989 until 1997. The conflict killed around 200,000 people and eventually led to the involvement of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and of the United Nations. The peace did not last long, and in 1999 the Second Liberian Civil War broke out. Samuel Doe had led a rebellion that overthrew the elected government in 1980, and in 1985 held elections that were widely considered fraudulent. There had been one unsuccessful coup by a former military leader. In December 1989, former government minister Charles Taylor moved into the country from neighboring Ivory Coast to start an uprising meant to topple the Doe government. Taylor's forces, the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) battled with Prince Johnson's rebel group, the Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia (INPFL) – a faction of NPFL – for control in Monrovia. In 1990, Johnson seized the capital of Monrovia and executed Doe brutally. Peace negotiations and foreign involvement led to a ceasefire in 1995 that was broken the next year before a final peace agreement and new national elections were held in 1997. Taylor was elected President of Liberia in July 1997. + ====== SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ====== Cash App: https://cash.app/$MyBlackPlanet Website: https://myblackplanet.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/myblackplanet2 Merch: https://my-black-planet.myspreadshop.com + #liberia #africa #ecomog

President Ahmad Sekou Toure of Guinea announcing the discovery of an alleged French-backed plot to overthrow his government. He was speaking at the official opening of the Consultative Conference of the World Federation of Trade Unions and the Pan-African Trade Union in Conakry. Toure told the delegates that dozens of civilian and military "traitors" had been rounded up and put in jail. He called on what he termed the "progressive parties" of socialist countries and revolutionary movements in the world to cooperate closely in the struggle against "imperialism". The delegates came from Cameroon, Dahomey (later Benin Republic), France, Niger, East Germany, Finland, Malagasy, Sudan, Tanzania and Angola. The alleged plot which came to be known as Komplot KAMAN-FODEBA was supposedly an attempt to overthrow his government using members of Guinea's armed forces. Sekou Toure had become suspicious of his military after the military overthrows of his regional allies Kwame Nkrumah in Ghana and Modibo Keita in Mali. The alleged coup plotters were Fodeba Keita, the Secretary of State for Defence and Colonel Kaman Diaby, the Deputy Chief of Army Staff, and later the Secretary of Service Civique . + March 1969 + ====== SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ====== Cash App: https://cash.app/$MyBlackPlanet Website: https://myblackplanet.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/myblackplanet2 Merch: https://my-black-planet.myspreadshop.com + #africa #guinea

Daniel Arap Moi, speaking in Mauritius at a meeting of the Organization of African Unity, declared that the Kenya Government “did not collaborate with the Israelis. “He added: “Kenya has not and will not be used as a place of aggression for neighboring states.”

Malaysia’s Sime Darby Plantation Bhd, the world’s largest oil palm planter by land size, said on Friday it would sell its underperforming palm oil concession in Liberia to a local company. A Liberian government minister first announced the Sime Darby deal with Mano Manufacturing Company (MANCO), the west African country’s largest manufacturer of household health and cleaning products. + ====== SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ====== Cash App: https://cash.app/$MyBlackPlanet Website: https://myblackplanet.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/myblackplanet2 Merch: https://my-black-planet.myspreadshop.com + #liberia #monrovia #africa

The 1980 Liberian coup d'état happened on April 12, 1980, when President William Tolbert was overthrown and murdered in a violent coup. The coup was staged by an indigenous Liberian faction of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) under the command of Master Sergeant Samuel Doe. Following a period of transition, Doe ruled Liberia throughout the 1980s until his murder in 1990 during the First Liberian Civil War. + #liberia #africa #1980s + ====== SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ====== Cash App: https://cash.app/$MyBlackPlanet Website: https://myblackplanet.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/myblackplanet2 Merch: https://my-black-planet.myspreadshop.com

The First Liberian Civil War was an internal conflict in Liberia from 1989 until 1997. The conflict killed around 200,000 people and eventually led to the involvement of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and of the United Nations. The peace did not last long, and in 1999 the Second Liberian Civil War broke out. Samuel Doe had led a rebellion that overthrew the elected government in 1980, and in 1985 held elections that were widely considered fraudulent. There had been one unsuccessful coup by a former military leader. In December 1989, former government minister Charles Taylor moved into the country from neighboring Ivory Coast to start an uprising meant to topple the Doe government. Taylor's forces, the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) battled with Prince Johnson's rebel group, the Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia (INPFL) – a faction of NPFL – for control in Monrovia. In 1990, Johnson seized the capital of Monrovia and executed Doe brutally. Peace negotiations and foreign involvement led to a ceasefire in 1995 that was broken the next year before a final peace agreement and new national elections were held in 1997. Taylor was elected President of Liberia in July 1997. + #monrovia #africa #liberia

Footage of E-Company members of the First Battalion Rhodesian African Rifles staging a mock battle in the middle of an arena on the second day of the 12th Annual Wankie Show in Rhodesia. A light aircraft and helicopter joined in the battle, which included troop advances using automatic weapons and mortar-fire. The Battalion made up part of the defence force which guarded Rhodesian borders against infiltration by African Nationalist guerrillas. Wankie is close to the Zambian, border and lay within what the Rhodesian authorities designated a "defence belt".

The Krahn are an ethnic group of Liberia and Ivory Coast. This group belongs to the Kru language family and its people are sometimes referred to as the Wee, Guéré, Sapo, or Wobe. It is likely that Western contact with the Kru language is the primary reason for the development of these different names. The Krahn arrived in an area of Liberia previously known as the "Grain Coast" as part of early 16th-century migrations from the northeast and what is now Ivory Coast. This migration occurred due to pressure on local populations resulting from the emigration of ethnic groups from western Sudan after the decline of medieval empires, as well as an increase in regional wars. + ====== SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ====== Cash App: https://cash.app/$MyBlackPlanet Website: https://myblackplanet.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/myblackplanet2 Merch: https://my-black-planet.myspreadshop.com + #africa #music #liberia

Prof. Dopoe is well known for his satirical music. His famous song, "Sweet, Sweet Cassava Leaf," is still fan favorite. However, he has gone out of sight of late due to his declining health condition. Currently he lives with one of his daughters in Dwazon Margibi County. Family members say although they have taken him to several clinics and medical facilities, he has not been given the proper treatment due to lack of money. + ====== SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ====== Cash App: https://cash.app/$MyBlackPlanet Website: https://myblackplanet.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/myblackplanet2 Merch: https://my-black-planet.myspreadshop.com + #palmwine #africa #liberia

The First Liberian Civil War was an internal conflict in Liberia from 1989 until 1997. The conflict killed around 200,000 people and eventually led to the involvement of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and of the United Nations. The peace did not last long, and in 1999 the Second Liberian Civil War broke out. Samuel Doe had led a rebellion that overthrew the elected government in 1980, and in 1985 held elections that were widely considered fraudulent. There had been one unsuccessful coup by a former military leader. In December 1989, former government minister Charles Taylor moved into the country from neighboring Ivory Coast to start an uprising meant to topple the Doe government. Taylor's forces, the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) battled with Prince Johnson's rebel group, the Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia (INPFL) – a faction of NPFL – for control in Monrovia. In 1990, Johnson seized the capital of Monrovia and executed Doe brutally. Peace negotiations and foreign involvement led to a ceasefire in 1995 that was broken the next year before a final peace agreement and new national elections were held in 1997. Taylor was elected President of Liberia in July 1997. + May 15, 1996 + #africa #ghana #liberia + ====== SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ====== Cash App: https://cash.app/$MyBlackPlanet Website: https://myblackplanet.org/

For much of its 164-year history, Liberia has enjoyed a special status among Africa’s nations. Founded in 1847 by freed slaves from the United States and the Caribbean, it was Africa’s first independent black republic, and people across Africa considered it both an inspiration and a beacon of hope. Nevertheless, the relationship between the African-American arrivals, known as Americo-Liberians or “Congo” people, and the many ethnic groups already present in Liberia, bore many similarities to European colonialism in the rest of Africa. + #liberia #africa #monrovia + ====== SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ====== Cash App: https://cash.app/$MyBlackPlanet Website: https://myblackplanet.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/myblackplanet2 Merch: https://my-black-planet.myspreadshop.com

For much of its 164-year history, Liberia has enjoyed a special status among Africa’s nations. Founded in 1847 by freed slaves from the United States and the Caribbean, it was Africa’s first independent black republic, and people across Africa considered it both an inspiration and a beacon of hope. Nevertheless, the relationship between the African-American arrivals, known as Americo-Liberians or “Congo” people, and the many ethnic groups already present in Liberia, bore many similarities to European colonialism in the rest of Africa. + #liberia #africa #history + ====== SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ====== Cash App: https://cash.app/$MyBlackPlanet Website: https://myblackplanet.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/myblackplanet2 + Silas Kpaanan Ayoung Siakor