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Liberians go to the polls in presidential election
Liberians gathered from early on Tuesday to vote in an election that for the first time in more than 70 years should see one democratically elected government hand power to another.
As Africa's first female president Ellen...
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Candidates vote in Liberian presidential election
Voting is underway in Liberia's general elections, with voters choosing lawmakers for the small West African state's parliament as well as their choice for president.
There are 20 names on the ballot paper for the top job,...
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Liberia votes to replace Africa's 1st female leader
Liberians chose between 20 candidates vying to succeed Africa's first female president on Tuesday, as voters picked the person they believe will best help the West African country move past the Ebola crisis that killed nearly 5,000...
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Candidates cast their ballot in Liberia presidential election
The candidates in Liberia's presidential election cast their ballot in a suburb of the capital, Monrovia, on Tuesday.
The election pits 51-year-old former football star and senator George Weah against 73-year-old Joseph...
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Liberia votes as soccer star, Vice President hope to succeed Sirleaf
Young Liberians went straight from all-night Christmas celebrations to the polls on Tuesday for a runoff election between a former international football star and the vice president to replace Africa's first female head of state.
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Liberia declares George Weah president-elect
Former FIFA World Player of the Year George Weah has been elected Liberia's new president by a wide margin as the West African nation faces its first democratic transfer of power in more than 70 years.
Vice President Joseph...
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Liberia declares George Weah president-elect
Large crowds celebrated in Liberia's capital Monrovia on Friday, as the country's National Election Commission declared George Weah President-elect and Jewel Howard-Taylor Vice President-elect following a Dec. 26 runoff poll.
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FIFA World Player of the Year set to become Liberia president
Former FIFA World Player of the Year George Weah has been elected Liberia's new president by a wide margin as the West African nation faces its first democratic transfer of power in more than 70 years.
Vice President Joseph...
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Ex-footballer George Weah sworn in as Liberia president
Former international football star George Weah was sworn into office on Monday as Liberia's new president, taking over leadership of the post-war, impoverished West African nation from Africa's first female president.
The...
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WHO Launches Review of Covid-19 Pandemic Response
Jul.09 -- World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the agency named leaders of an independent panel to review its response to the Covid-19 pandemic that has been criticized by the U.S. He spoke in a...