Liberia
Ex-football star, George Weah of the Congress For Democratic Change (CDC) will face current vice-president, Joseph Boakai of the ruling Unity Party (UP) on November 7 in Liberia election run-off.
After collating results from the 5390 polling places across the country on Thursday, George Weah Manneh polled 596,037 votes (38.4%), and
Joseph Boakai Nyuma of UP polled 446,716 votes (28.8%).
Follow our LIVE online coverage below as we update you on happenings in the country.
- Here are Liberia’s 19 men and woman vying to replace Johnson Sirleaf
- How Liberian voters will elect new president, 73 lawmakers
- Elections history in Africa’s oldest democratic republic: Liberia
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