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Political veteran Joseph Boakai was on Friday close to victory in Liberia's presidential race against incumbent George Weah.Victory would be sweet revenge for Boakai, who lost to Weah by a large margin in the second-round presidential vote in 2017.

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Opposition candidate Joseph Boakai has maintained a slim lead in the Liberian presidential election after official results from more than 99% of polling stations were announced.

Liberian President George Weah conceded defeat late Friday after provisional results from this week’s runoff vote showed challenger Joseph Boakai beating him by just over a percentage point. Elections officials said that with 99.58% of ballots counted from Tuesday's election, Boakai was in the lead, with 50.89% to Weah’s 49.11%. The results were a dramatic reversal from the election six years ago when Weah easily beat Boakai in the second round.

A body responsible for monitoring electoral activities here, the Elections Coordinating Committee (ECC) says it deployed over a hundred observers across the country to monitor the 14 November 2023 presidential run-off results.

Police in Nimba County are interrogating a 42-year-old man Othello G. Menson, after he was arrested with a single-barrel gun at Garplay Polling Center with Code# 33042.

In an effort to provide qualified teachers in Liberian schools, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) discloses plan to train 3,500 aspirants for the teaching profession.

The Liberia Democracy Watch (LDW) has demanded the Joint Security to immediately launch an investigation into the electoral violence in Nimba and other counties across the country. 

Joseph Boakai has a tiny lead over President Weah, with results from 85% of polling stations counted.

Joseph Boakai has a tiny lead over President Weah, with results from 85% of polling stations counted.