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Liberia's presidential election on Tuesday sees 19 candidates vying to replace President George Weah, who is seeking a second term.

"During our first term, we laid the foundations for peace, freedom of speech, macroeconomic stability, and restoring confidence in the national educational system," Weah told his Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) partys national campaign launch last month..."

A senior UN human rights official on Wednesday called on authorities in Liberia to take all necessary measures to ensure that the upcoming elections can take place in a fully inclusive manner.

The youth league of the Coalition for Democratic Change is calling on the Joint Security to invite everyone of interest to ongoing investigation into the 29 September violence in Foya, Lofa County that left at least two persons dead.

Liberia’s Supreme Court has cleared the National Elections Commission (NEC) of allegation that it has violated the Elections Law by registering over 3,000 voters at some precincts.

As the AfD surges in the polls, its China-friendly foreign policy has come under closer scrutiny.

Weah came to power in 2018 after winning an October 2017 election, capitalising on his iconic status acquired after becoming the first and only African to win football’s most prestigious individual award, the Ballon d’Or, in 1995.

All 20 candidates vying for the Presidency on Tuesday, 10 October have been crisscrossing Liberia, including the incumbent, President George Manneh Weah, campaigning and asking electorate for votes and making promises.

Liberia's Joint Security says it has arrested over twenty-seven suspects following election violence in Foya, Lofa County, but denies it was biased in carrying out the arrests.

MONROVIA — A senior UN human rights official on Wednesday called on authorities in Liberia to take all necessary measures to ensure that the upcoming elections can take place in a fully inclusive manner.“We...