Wife of Liberia's rebel leader ousting husband
Wednesday, January 21, 2004
MONROVIA, Liberia -- The wife of the leader of Liberia's most powerful rebel movement announced Tuesday she was taking charge, backed by dozens of guerrilla commanders in ousting a husband whose ambitions she said were endangering the nation's hard-won peace. In a family feud with West Africa's stability in the balance, warlord Sekou Conneh frantically took to state radio to insist it was only a marital squabble and he was still in command. But Asha Keita-Conneh declared she was the "double boss," of her husband and the movement.
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