The Government of Liberia officially announces with profound regret, the death in his 86^th year, of Ambassador Carlton Alexwyn Karpeh, former Senior Ambassador-at-Large; former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Liberia to Cameroon and former Minister of Information, Cultural Affairs and Tourism. He was officially retired on December 2, 2010.

This sad event occurred during the early morning hours of Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at his Duport Road residence, Paynesville.

Ambassador Karpeh also served the Government of Liberia as Deputy Chief of Protocol to the Organization of African Unity (OAU), now the Africa Union (AU) and Assistant Minister of Information for Public Affairs and Tourism.

Funeral arrangements will be announced later.