Liberian election officials release most results showing Weah loss but order re-run in one county – Winnipeg Free Press
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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.
Ahead of Friday's Appeal Court's scheduled judgement on the Kano governorship tussle in Abuja, the executive members of the two main rival political
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.
Ahead of the presidential run-off election, the Joint Security has warned political parties, citizens as well as the media to disengage from acts that have the propensity to cause violence and undermine the country's peace and democracy.