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Events in the year 2013 in Liberia .
February 11 – A Guinean plane crashes near Monrovia, killing 11 people, including Guineain army officer Lt. General Souleymane Kelefa Diallo . President Sirleaf declares a national day of mourning the next day, February 12.[ 1]
February 28 – Acting Monrovia Mayor Mary Broh resigns amidst controversy.[ 2]
April 18 – Senior Associate Justice Francis Korkpor is appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia .[ 3] Johnnie Lewis ' resignation in September 2012.[ 4]
June 17 – Liberia makes its first appearance at a G8 summit , due to an invitation from British Prime Minister David Cameron to President Sirleaf.[ 5]
June 20 – Liberia sends its first deployment of 50 troops to Mali to join the United Nations peacekeeping mission .[ 6]
July 8 – President Sirleaf nominates 15 city mayors, including the renomination of Mary Broh as mayor of Monrovia, following her resignation in February.[ 7] [ 8]
July 26 – Unity Party Chairman Varney Sherman serves as the national Independence Day orator, delivering his speech in Tubmanburg .[ 9]
August 17 – The Alternative National Congress launches after being certified with the National Elections Commission .[ 10]
August 21 – Rodney Sieh , publisher and editor-in-chief of the newspaper FrontPage Africa Chris Toe by the Supreme Court, and subsequently being unable to pay the $1.5 million dollars dictated by the ruling.[ 11]
September 12 – President Sirleaf is awarded the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development by Indian President Pranab Mukherjee .[ 12]
September 29 – President Sirleaf makes a state visit to Costa Rica at the invitation of Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla which lasts until October 1.[ 13]
November 8 – Rodney Sieh is released from prison.[ 14]
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Joshua Milton Blahyi , better known as General Butt Naked, publishes his memoir The Redemption of an African Warlord .[ 15]
^ Butty, James (February 12, 2013). "Liberia Declares Day of Mourning for Guinean Plane Crash Victims" . Voice of America . Retrieved July 18, 2022 . ^ " . FrontPage Africa . August 13, 2017. Retrieved July 18, 2022 .^ "His Honor Francis S. Korkpor, Sr" . Supreme Court of Liberia . Retrieved July 18, 2022 .^ "President Sirleaf Nominates Associate Justice Francis S. Korkpor as Chief Justice, Cllr. Sie-A-Yeaneh Youh as Associate Justice, of Supreme Court of Liberia" . Executive Mansion of Liberia . April 14, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2022 .^ "Liberia Makes First Appearance At G-8 Summit" . AllAfrica . June 17, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2022 .^ "Liberia sends first post-war peacekeepers to Mali" . Reuters . June 20, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2022 .^ "Liberia: A Second Chance for Mary Broh for Progress" . AllAfrica . July 11, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2022 .^ "President Sirleaf Nominates 15 City Mayors, including Monrovia's Mary T. Broh" . Executive Mansion of Liberia . July 9, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2022 .^ "We Commend Cllr. Sherman For His "Guts" . The New Dawn Liberia. August 5, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2022 .^ Liberia's Newest Political Party, Alternative National Congress of Liberia Launches Sat. Archived 2014-12-27 at the Wayback Machine FrontPage Africa , 16 August 2013^ "Libel conviction could keep Liberian journalist imprisoned for life" . IFEX . September 19, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2022 .^ "Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to get Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace" . Biharprabha News. September 11, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2022 .^ "First Elected Female Presidents of Liberia and Costa Rica Hold Historic Meeting; Stress Importance of Visit in Promoting Bilateral Dialogue and Strengthening Diplomatic Ties" . Executive Mansion of Liberia . October 1, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2022 .^ "Liberian publisher Rodney Sieh released from prison" . IFEX . November 14, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2022 .^ Tabor, Damon (March 6, 2016). "The Greater the Sinner" . The New Yorker . Retrieved July 18, 2022 . ^ Paye-Layleh, Jonathan (16 April 2014). "Former Liberian president Moses Blah dies" . Boston.com . Retrieved July 18, 2022 . ^ Butty, James (May 20, 2013). "Former Liberian Catholic Cleric, Michael Francis, Dies at 77" . Voice of America . Retrieved September 1, 2022 . ^ Bartuah, Joe (December 2, 2013). "Liberia: Tribute to the Late Musue Noha Haddad" . All Africa. Retrieved January 23, 2023 .
Years in Liberia