The World - News from Jan. 16, 1986

Liberia’s former finance minister has been arrested on charges of treason for an alleged role in an attempt to overthrow President Samuel K. Doe last November. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, a leading member of the opposition Liberia Action Party, was arrested along with five others, Justice Minister Jenkins Scott said. The six will be tried next month. Doe was narrowly elected president last fall in a controversial election that the opposition said was fraudulent.