Monrovia – *The Government of Liberia officially announces with profound regret, the death in his 86th year, of Ambassador Carlton Alexwyn Karpeh, former Senior Ambassador-at-Large; former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Liberia to Cameroon and former Minister of Infor-mation, Cultural Affairs and Tourism. He was officially retired on December 2, 2010. This sad event occurred during the early morning hours of Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at his Duport Road residence, Paynesville. Ambassador Karpeh also served the Government of Liberia as Deputy Chief of Protocol to the Organiza-tion of African Unity (OAU), now the Africa Union (AU) and Assistant Minister of Information for Public Affairs and Tourism. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.

Source: Front Page Africa March 07, 2017 17:48 UTC