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  • FILE: Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo. Picture: United Nations Photo.

    UN sends Obassanjo to Liberia to help in peaceful transition of power

    Former football ace George Weah has won that race to replace Africa’s first elected woman President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

    1687 days ago
  • Former footballer George Weah speaks to journalists after casting his ballot for the second round of presidential elections on December 26, 2017 at a polling station in Monrovia. Picture: AFP

    George Weah camp claims victory, Liberia awaits official presidential results

    Weah has taken to Twitter to thank all his supporters, saying that he plans to liberate the country.

    1688 days ago
  • FILE: George Weah shows his voting card prior to casting his vote for Liberia's presidential and legislative elections at a polling station in Monrovia on 10 October 2017. Picture: AFP.

    Liberians vote in historic, delayed election

    Former world footballer of the year George Weah and VP Joseph Boakai are bidding to succeed Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in a run-off vote delayed for more than a month.

    1688 days ago
  • Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Picture: AFP

    Liberian youth cast vote day after Christmas

    They are selecting a winner between George Weah and Joseph Boakai to succeed Africa’s first elected woman President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

    1689 days ago
  • FILE: George Weah shows his voting card prior to casting his vote for Liberia's presidential and legislative elections at a polling station in Monrovia on 10 October 2017. Picture: AFP.

    Electoral commission: Liberia to hold run-off vote on December 26

    George Weah faces Vice-President Joseph Boakai in the poll that was held up for several weeks by a court challenge by the candidate who came third in round one.

    1703 days ago
  • FILE: Former Liberian President Charles Taylor. Picture: AFP

    Dutch fugitive convicted of selling weapons to Charles Taylor remains in CT jail

    Augustinus Kouwenhoven was arrested yesterday following a police raid in Cape Town

    1706 days ago
  • Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Picture: AFP

    Sirleaf: Liberia's democracy is under assault

    Former footballer George Weah was initially set to face Vice-President Joseph Boakai on Tuesday to determine who will replace the term-limited Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

    1737 days ago
  • FILE: Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Picture: AFP.

    Election commission: Fraud probe to delay Liberia election run-off

    Former soccer star George Weah and Vice President Joseph Boakai are competing to succeed President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

    1742 days ago
  • FILE: George Weah shows his voting card prior to casting his vote for Liberia's presidential and legislative elections at a polling station in Monrovia on 10 October 2017. Picture: AFP

    Liberia's Supreme Court halts presidential run-off over fraud allegations

    The court’s decision points to the increasingly assertive role some African judiciaries are playing in overseeing elections.

    1744 days ago
  • People wait in line prior to casting their vote for Liberia's presidential and legislatives elections at a polling station in Monrovia on 10 October 2017. Picture: AFP.

    Liberia's ruling party backs challenge to presidential result

    Unity Party officials said they were supporting a legal challenge by Liberty Party of the third-place candidate Charles Brumskine.

    1747 days ago
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    Liberian presidential run-off on the cards

    Soccer star George Weah and Vice President Joseph Boakai lead the 20-candidate field to succeed Nobel Peace Prize winner Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

    1760 days ago
  • FILE: George Weah shows his voting card prior to casting his vote for Liberia's presidential and legislative elections at a polling station in Monrovia on 10 October 2017. Picture: AFP.

    Soccer star Weah & VP Boakai near Liberia presidential run-off

    George Weah and Joseph Boakai held commanding leads in provisional presidential election results, setting up a likely run-off next month between the two men.

    1762 days ago
  • FILE: George Weah shows his voting card prior to casting his vote for Liberia's presidential and legislative elections at a polling station in Monrovia on 10 October 2017. Picture: AFP

    Soccer star and VP maintain early leads in Liberia election

    Based on returns from about a third of the country’s more than 5,000 polling stations, George Weah has obtained 39.6% of votes cast.

    1763 days ago
  • A member of Liberia's National Electoral Commission (NEC) points to results at a tally center in the capital Monrovia following the country's presidential and legislatives elections on 12 October 2017. Picture: AFP.

    Liberia election results trickling in

    Liberians have voted to replace Africa's first female president who's served two six-year terms in office.

    1763 days ago
  • People wait in line prior to casting their vote for Liberia's presidential and legislatives elections at a polling station in Monrovia on 10 October 2017. Picture: AFP.

    Liberian voters brave long queues as voting underway

    Nearly 2.2 million people have registered to vote as they replace Africa’s first female president.

    1766 days ago
  • Africa's first female president steps down. Picture: AFP

    Liberia to choose new president on Tuesday

    78-year-old Ellen Johnson Sirleaf made history when she was elected president of the West African nation in 2005.

    1767 days ago
  • Liberia's Joseph Nyumah Boakai in Monrovia on 20 March 2017. Picture: AFP

    Liberia’s Boakai confident ahead of polls

    Africa's first female president, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, is stepping down after two six-year terms in office.

    1767 days ago
  • President Jacob Zuma receives President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia for a state visit to South Africa. Picture: GCIS.

    SA, Liberia commit to deepen relations

    President Jacob Zuma met with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf at the Union Buildings on Friday afternoon.

    1825 days ago
  • President Jacob Zuma and his Liberian counterpart Ellen Johnson Sirleaf at the Union Buildings. Picture: GCIS.

    Zuma welcomes Ellen Johnson Sirleaf during Women’s Month

    President Jacob Zuma is hosting his Liberian counterpart Ellen Johnson Sirleaf at the Union Buildings on Friday afternoon.

    1826 days ago
  • Picture: Supplied.

    Former Liberian president's ex-wife faces torture charges

    Agnes Reeves Taylor will be in the dock at London’s Old Bailey at the end of this month.

    1893 days ago
  • Patients suffering from Ebola sit at the French NGO Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without borders) Elwa hospital in Monrovia, on 21 August, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Lack of water, broken toilets plague health facilities in Liberia: charity

    Health workers say water shortages & overflowing toilets are putting patients at risk of infection & disease.

    2127 days ago
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