-As Paye-Layleh ReturnsIn a rather dramatic move, BBC stringer Jonathan Paye Layleh has returned to the country barely a month following his flight into exile out of fear of harm by zealots of populist Liberian President George Manneh Weah. Paye Layleh fled the country following remarks by President Weah accusing the journalist of undermining his advocacy for human rights during the course of the Liberian civil war. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) as well as the Associated Press (AP) is reported to have weighed in on the matter. Out of fear Paye Layleh wrote President Weah a letter seeking clarification. Paye Layleh, much to the surprise of the public later surfaced in New York City apparently to seek asylum from perceived persecution in Liberia.

Source: Daily Observer April 25, 2018 02:26 UTC