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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who shared the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize as a champion of women’s rights, made history in 2005 when she became Africa’s...
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Former international football star George Weah, who has won Liberia’s presidential run-off, follows several celebrities who have achieved the top job in their countries....
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Liberians revelled Friday in former football star George Weah’s presidential victory, in the country’s first democratic transfer of power in seven decades scarred by...
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Liberians were awaiting Wednesday the result of a presidential election they say represents far more than the choice of a successor to Africa’s first...
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Liberia, which elects a new president in a run-off on Tuesday, is an English-speaking nation in West Africa that still bears the scars of...
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Liberian presidential candidate George Weah’s running mate Jewel Howard-Taylor began life in politics as first lady to former warlord leader Charles Taylor, but has...
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George Weah emerged from Liberia’s slums to become a superstar footballer in the 1990s, and has leveraged his status as a revered figure among...
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Vice-president since 2005, Joseph Boakai has campaigned for president as a natural transition candidate after helping to ensure peace has prevailed in Liberia after...
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Former international footballer George Weah and Vice-President Joseph Boakai joined voters in casting their ballots in Liberia on Tuesday as they went head-to-head in...
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Liberians choose a new leader Tuesday in a run-off between Vice President Joseph Boakai and footballing icon George Weah, a vote that will mark...