Foreign Ministry Reacts to Madam Wilson's Claims of Sexual Assault & Witch-Hunting

MONROVIA –President George Weah through the Executive Mansion on Wednesday, November 8, 2023, immediately announced the dismissal of Liberia's Deputy Foreign Minister Henry Fahnbulleh from his position, citing administrative reasons.

Henry Fahnbulleh has served as Deputy Foreign Minister since his appointment by Pres. Weah in 2020.

His dismissal comes days after a video went viral with Mrs. Wynee Cummings Wilson claiming to be an employee of the Permanent Mission and also accusing Foreign Minister Dee-Mazwell Kemayah of sexual harassment.

In the live video, Mrs. Wynee Cummings Wilson, the accuser, encountered resistance from some Mission staff as she attempted to enter the premises on Minister Kemayah’s orders. She has identified herself as an employee at the Liberia Permanent Mission but was denied access. 

The face-off continued for minutes, prompting the involvement of dismissed Deputy Foreign Minister Henry Fahnbulleh and officers from the New York Police Detachment 17 to resolve the situation.

However, in a release issued the Ministry of Foreign Affairs termed Madam Wilson's claim of being an employee of the Permanent Mission and that she is being witch-hunted by the Minister of Foreign Affairs as a 'falsehood'.

The Ministry asserts that the Minister of Foreign Affairs has consistently maintained absolute innocence of all Madam Wynee Cummings Wilson’s accusations, as he has described such allegations as false, misleading, politically motivated, and an integral part of a long-time "Takedown Campaign" against him, sharply contrary to his longstanding hard-earned reputation.