AK teen's lecture to Liberia lawmakers sparks rift

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — The speaker rose before the members of parliament, whose West African country has a nascent oil industry, to give advice on how profits from production should be managed.

But to the dismay of some in the audience, the speaker was just 17 years old, is a high school student from Alaska and is the grandnephew of Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who has been dogged by accusations of nepotism.