Matheson in doha with the top stories on aljazeera counting is underway after a peaceful day of voting liberias president ial Runoff Election observers say the turnout is much lower than it was during the first round of toba voters have had to choose between former International Footballer george will and Vice President joseph book i hollered out of reports from the capital monrovia. Thousands lined up to vote in more than five thousand stations across liberia arriving long before the stations opened the tunnel to know when the foster home held in october that had been delayed twice of the being contested in court amid claims of medical oddities in the floss to round Officials Say the reduction of candidates from twenty two just to may have caused the among vault is. Placed. Well this morning the contests is between a former International Football star where im Vice President just what the we know would replace africas first female head of state Ellen Johnson sirleaf who came to power
Im Richelle Carey this is al jazeera life and also coming up the kremlin wants a new investigation into alexina volumnia over his call to boycott next president ial election after he was barred from running against Vladimir Putin. Very happy we waited for this day for a long drive and acquittal in a free for bribery trial of a former president a priest soccer federation. A show to go on top of my posts several tens of thousands of kids by the police and. A look back on the Political Violence that took the life of this couples six month old child and kenya. It began in liberia where polls have officially closed in the president ial runoff vote its the first democratic transition of power in the west african nation in seventy three years but the turnout was pretty low. Voters are choosing between former football superstar george way and experience political operator and current Vice President joseph otto reports in the capital monrovia. Thousands lined up to vote in more than five thousa
But counting is underway in libyas president ial election like the former football great Vice President biden to lead the nation for the next six years. We shall carry this is al jazeera live from also coming up the kremlin wants a new investigation into alexina all the over his call to boycott next years president ial election after he was barred from running against Vladimir Putin. I shot it on top of my posts several times up kids and their kids but. Recently. I look back on the Political Violence that took the life of this couple six month old child in kenya. Mosul slowly comes back to life five months after the end of a brutal operation to retake the city from my soul. Were going to liberia our polls have officially closed in the president ial runoff it is the first democratic transition of power in the west african nation and seventy three years the turnout was pretty low voters are choosing between former footballing superstar george way and experience political operative and cu
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