Former football star George Weah wins Liberian presidential election

Deutsche Welle George Weah
Thursday, 28 December 2017 ()
Initial results show Weah is in the lead to win the Liberian presidency in an election that marks the West African nation’s first democratic transfer of power in decades. Weah has defeated Vice President Joseph Boakai.
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News video: Ex footballer George Weah wins Liberia presidential run-off - preliminary results

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 Former football star George Weah has defeated Vice President Joseph Boakai to win Liberia's presidential election run-off with 61.5 percent of the vote, based on 98.1 percent of ballots cast, the election commission said on Thursday. The announcement by commission chairman Jerome Korkoyah means Weah...