Liberian President George Weah will face off against challenger Joseph Boakai in a Nov. 14 runoff vote
Liberian President George Weah will face off against challenger Joseph Boakai for the second time in a Nov. 14 runoff vote, election officials in the West African nation said Tuesday. The results of the first round announced by Liberia's National Elections Commission are the closest runoff since the end of the country's back-to-back civil wars. Weah, a former international soccer star, failed to win an absolute majority and took 43.83% of the first roundvote, the commission announced.
Weah won that election amid high hopes brought about by his promise to fight poverty and generate infrastructure development. His goal, he had said in 2017, was to push Liberia from a low-income country to a middle-income one. But Weah has been accused of not living up to key campaign promises that he would fight corruption and ensure justice for victims of the country’s civil wars.
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