Monrovia, Dec 26 (AFP/APP):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 a delayed run-off vote for the presidency.
Voters were choosing a successor to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who is stepping down after serving 12 years as Africa’s first elected female head of state, in the West African country’s first democratic transition since 1944.
The vote was delayed for seven weeks due to legal challenges lodged by Boakai’s Unity Party against the electoral commission over the conduct of the first round of voting.
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