Liberia: Foreign Mission Staff at Various Embassies Yet to Receive Salaries, Benefits for Six to Eight Months

MONROVIA, Feb. 19 -- FrontPageAfrica has gathered that Liberian foreign mission workers across the globe have been left stranded by the Liberian government for six to eight months without paying their rent, cost-of-living adjustments, and even salaries.

By Lennart Dodoo, [e-mail]

While this has slowed down activities at these embassies like the Liberian Embassy in Washington D.C., most of the staff are still sacrificing by being punctual at work and ensuring that the embassy remains operational.

A Liberian diplomat who spoke to FrontPageAfrica on condition of anonymity said staff from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs assigned at the embassy have not received their rent and even salary for the past eight months, w...