MONROVIA, Nov. 12 -- Jonah Togbah, a former member of the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), says influential party figures in Bong County kept prominent local politicians out of government during the Weah administration. He says Wednesday's appointments under President Joseph Nyuma Boakai show how quickly political fortunes can turn.

By Selma Lomax, selma.lomax@frontpageafricaonline.com

Togbah, who hails from Bong, said capable people who helped bring the CDC-led coalition to power in 2017 were denied a place in government. In his view, some party actors cared more about guarding their own influence than about widening opportunity.

His remarks follow the appointments Wednesday of two Bong sons to the Boakai government: Attorney Geo...