“We Should Not Allow Politics Divide Us” – Winner of the Nelson Mandela Freedom Award urges LiberiansMonrovia – Ahead of the December 8 special senatorial elections, US-based Liberian Bill Rogers, winner of the 2020 Nelson Mandela Freedom Award, is urging Liberians to exercise restraints and be peaceful during and after the elections. Rogers said despite the political differences, affiliations and ideologies, Liberians should not allow politics to divide them. “We should not allow politics to divide us. You have to stand up but speak your mind, be like a man but don’t take it in heart.”Rogers continued: “Let us work together and be a true leader like Nelson Mandela. Ambassador Bill Rogers won the Nelson Mandela Freedom Award in the United States in July of this year for his stance against poverty and the brutal Liberian civil war and went on to lift the Liberian flag high in the world through athletics.

Source: Front Page Africa December 03, 2020 06:33 UTC