Former Liberia President Ellen Sirleaf honoured with reputable Ibrahim prize

By AFP,

Former Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Monday won the rarely awarded Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership the world's bigge...

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George Weah: From football icon to Liberia president

By AFP,

George Weah emerged from Liberia's slums to become a superstar footballer in the 1990s, and has spent the last 13 years building political credibility...

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Wenger compares George Weah’s life to film script

By AFP,

Arsene Wenger has compared the life of George Weah to a film script following his former player's election as president of Liberia. Weah, who playe...

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First results expected in watershed Liberian presidential poll

By AFP,

Initial results were expected Thursday in Liberia's landmark presidential poll, the country's first democratic transfer of power in decades, pitting f...

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George Weah: ex-football star who could be Liberia’s next President

By AFP,

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 the cou...

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Electoral Commission: Liberia to Hold Run-off Vote on Dec. 26

By VOA,

Liberia will hold a delayed presidential run-off vote on Dec. 26, the electoral commission chief said on Tuesday. Former soccer star George Weah fa...

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Liberia court indefinitely delays presidential vote

By AFP,

The Supreme Court on Monday indefinitely delayed a vote for Liberia's new president, over an opposition party complaint of electoral fraud, as the vic...

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West African leaders to visit Gambia president again amid crisis

By Reuters,

The presidents of Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Liberia will visit Gambian President Yahya Jammeh on Wednesday in a second attempt to press him to hand ov...

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Guinea to work with Global Witness over corruption allegations

By Reuters,

Guinea will work with Global Witness to gather evidence for a judicial investigation into allegations by the watchdog group that Sable Mining Africa L...

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Mama Ngina Kenyatta feted as a living African legend

By Koome Kimonye,

Mama Ngina Kenyatta was among 15 women who were feted as the foremost heroines of Africa during a colourful dinner ceremony at Sandton in South Africa...