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Run-off poll projected

Publish date: 16 October 2017
Issue Number: 747
Diary: IBA Legalbrief Africa
Category: Liberia

Former football star George Weah and Vice-President Joseph Boakai are headed for a run-off in Liberia's presidential election. BBC News reports that nearly all the results from Tuesday's poll have been counted, the election commission confirmed. Weah, the first African to win the Ballon D'Or football award, is leading with 39%, while Boakai is in second place with 29%. A second round between the pair is expected next month. They lead the field of 20 candidates who competed to succeed Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa's first female elected President and a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Full BBC News report

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