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Events in the year 2022 in Liberia .
January 20 – Twenty-nine people are killed during a stampede at an open-air Pentecostal church in Monrovia . The stampede was triggered by panic after gangsters entered the prayer ground after a collection.[ 1]
February 14 – The Executive Mansion is reopened after burning down on July 26, 2006, and President Weah moves into it.[ 2]
March 9 – Officials from Air France inform Transport Minister Samuel A. Wlue that the company plans to cease operations in Liberia effective April 2022, in an attempt to restore profitability.[ 3]
March 14 – Facia Boyenoh Harris , along with eleven other women, is awarded the 2022 International Women of Courage Award .[ 4]
June 8 – Liberia announces its intention to open a trade mission in Jerusalem , that is to become an Israeli embassy over time.[ 5]
July 22 – President George Weah signs an amendment to the 1973 Alien and Nationality Act which allows for dual citizenship.[ 6] [ 7]
July 25 – Health Minister Wilhelmina Jallah announces the first confirmed case of monkeypox in the country since 2018.[ 8] [ 9]
July 26 – Commerce Minister Mawine G. Diggs serves as national Independence Day orator.[ 10]
August 15 – Three Liberian officials, Minister of State Nathaniel McGill , Solicitor General Sayma Cyrennius Cephus , and National Port Authority head Bill Twehway , have sanctions imposed on them by the United States Department of Treasury for involvement in corruption.[ 11]
August 23 – Associate Justice Sie-A-Nyene Yuoh is nominated by President Weah to replace Francis Korkpor as chief justice upon his resignation in September.[ 12]
September 22 – Liberia establishes diplomatic relations with Jamaica .[ 13]
September 27 – Chief Justice Francis Korkpor announces his retirement.[ 14]
October 6 – United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice Beth Van Schaack arrives in Liberia.[ 15] January 18 – G. V. Kromah , former warlord and leader of the ULIMO (b. 1953)[ 16]
February 16 – Amos Sawyer , Interim President of Liberia, in Baltimore, Maryland , U. S. (b. 1945)[ 17]
April 22 – Walter Gwenigale , politician, minister of health and social welfare (b. 1935)[ 18]
August 12 – Lewis Jerome Zeigler , Roman Catholic prelate, in Monrovia (b. 1944)[ 19]
October 18 – Charles A. Clarke , politician (b. 1941)[ 20]
^ "Liberian church stampede kills 29 worshippers in Monrovia" . BBC News . 2022-01-20. Retrieved 2022-01-22 .^ Genoway, Edwin Jr. (February 8, 2022). "Liberia: President Weah to Move in the Executive Mansion on February 14" . FrontPage Africa . Retrieved July 18, 2022 . ^ "Air France Suspends Flights to Liberia Beginning April 2022" . FrontPage Africa . Retrieved September 2, 2022 .^ "2022 International Women of Courage Awards" . Voice of America . Retrieved January 23, 2023 .^ Bassist, Rina (2022). "Israeli Ambassador, Liberian NGO Empower Single Women with Livelihood Skills" . Al-Monitor . Retrieved 14 November 2022 . ^ Bondo, Dounard (July 27, 2022). "All you need to know about Liberia's new dual citizenship law" . Al Jazeera . Retrieved August 15, 2022 . ^ Sonpon, Leroy M. III (July 20, 2022). "Liberia: Dual Citizenship Becomes Legal" . Liberian Observer . Retrieved August 15, 2022 . ^ Genoway, Edwin Jr. (July 27, 2022). "Liberia: Health Authorities Announce First Case of Monkeypox Discovered in Maryland County" . FrontPage Africa . Retrieved August 15, 2022 . ^ "Liberia reports first monkeypox case since 2018" . Reuters . July 25, 2022. Retrieved August 15, 2022 .^ "Minister Mawine G. Diggs becomes July 26 Orator" . Women Voices Newspaper . July 14, 2022. Retrieved August 15, 2022 .^ Sieh, Rodney (August 15, 2022). "Liberia: Key Members of Weah-Led Government Placed on US Sanctions" . FrontPage Africa . Retrieved August 15, 2022 . ^ Karmo, Henry (August 19, 2022). "Liberia: Associate Justice Sie-A-Nyene Gyapay Yuoh Tipped for Chief Justice Post" . FrontPage Africa . Retrieved August 29, 2022 . ^ "Liberia and Jamaica Establish Formal Diplomatic Relations" (Press release). FrontPage Africa . 24 September 2022.^ "Chief Justice Korkpor Retires Today" . New Republic Liberia. September 27, 2022. Retrieved September 29, 2022 .^ Stephens, Anthony (October 6, 2022). "Liberia: Survivors of Lutheran Church Massacre Sue Lib. Gov. at ECOWAS Court as US Amb. on War Crimes Begins Visit to Liberia" . FrontPage Africa . Retrieved October 23, 2022 . ^ "Liberian Warlord Dies without Justice for Victims" . Liberian Observer . January 19, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2022 .^ Dodoo, Lennart (16 February 2022). "Liberia: Former Interim President, Dr. Amos Sawyer Has Died" . FrontPage Africa . Retrieved July 14, 2022 . ^ "Liberia: Former Minister of Health Dr. Walter Gwenigale Has Died" . FrontPage Africa . Retrieved July 24, 2022 .^ Koinyeneh, Gerald C. (August 13, 2022). "Catholic Archbishop Lewis Zeigler is Dead" . FrontPage Africa . Retrieved August 31, 2022 . ^ "Dr. Charles Amstard Clarke" . TLC Africa . October 25, 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2023 .
Years in Liberia