By Editorial,
The embattled speaker of Liberia’s House of Representatives has been questioned by the police after a huge fire at the West African nation’s legislature.
Residents of the capital Monrovia woke up yesterday to see thick black smoke and flames rising from the Capitol building, destroying the entire joint chambers of the legislature, but no-one was in the building at the time.
Four individuals, including Speaker Jonathan Fonati Koffa and Representative Frank Saah Foko, have been brought in for questioning, Liberia’s police chief Gregory Colman said.
The fire occurred a day after plans to remove Koffa from his speaker role sparked a tense protest.
Meanwhile, the March 23 Movement has claimed an advance to Mbingi and surrounding areas in the south of Lubero territory, North Kivu province.
Located about 17 kilometres from Alimbongo centre, M23 rebels arrived in Mbingi in Batangi Groupement on Wednesday at around midday, following intense fighting with Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo soldiers and militia coalition under their umbrella Wazalendo.
According to local sources in the area, by the time a convoy of M23 arrived, FARDC and the coalition had fled all their positions. END