Liberians are set to go to the polls for a run-off presidential election after the two leading candidates were separated by just over 7,000 votes in the first round a month ago. They are choosing between incumbent and one-time football star George Weah and former Vice-President Joseph Boakai. The president […]
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A run-off election will be held next month in Liberia following a photo finish between President George Weah and his main rival Joseph Boakai. Mr Weah got 43.83% of the vote and Mr Boakai, a former vice-president, received 43.44%. The 10 October poll was the tightest presidential contest in Liberia […]
With almost all votes counted in Liberia’s election, President George Weah and his main rival Joseph Boakai are still running neck and neck, meaning they are set for a run-off. Mr Weah currently has 43.8% of the vote with Mr Boakai on 43.5%, provisional results show. A candidate needs more […]
(Bloomberg) — Liberian President George Weah has failed to secure enough votes to avoid a runoff in the West African nation’s elections, with almost all the results counted. Most Read from Bloomberg Weah garnered 43.79% of votes in the Oct. 10 poll, while former Vice President Joseph Boakai won 43.49%, […]
Liberians are voting in a fiercely contested presidential election, with former football star George Weah, 57, making a bid for a second term. His main challenger is former Deputy President Joseph Boakai, 78. Mr Boakai has waged his campaign under the slogan “Rescue”, arguing that the West African state went […]
Former football star George Weah is running for a second six-year term as Liberia’s president, but he appears to have scored an own goal by failing to engage with the topic that is dominating the air waves and mood on the streets – demands to set up an economic and […]
Map of Liberia Liberia is Africa’s oldest republic, but it became known in the 1990s for its long-running, ruinous civil wars and its role in a rebellion in neighbouring Sierra Leone. Although founded by freed American and Caribbean slaves, Liberia is mostly inhabited by indigenous Africans, with the slaves’ descendants […]
In our series of letters from African writers, retiring journalist Jonathan Paye-Layleh reflects on his 30-year career covering the tumultuous events in his home country, Liberia. Short presentational grey line I am glad I managed to stay alive to pen these words. Over the last three decades, colleagues have died […]