MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — 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 ...

Weah, 51, will take over the running of Liberia without Sirleaf’s long history of public service. His only experience in government office has been his three years as a senator, representing Monrovia, ...

MONROVIA (Reuters) - Former soccer star George Weah has won Liberia's presidential run-off election and will succeed incumbent Ellen Johnson Sirleaf next month, the country's first democratic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Liberia’s President, George Weah, has conceded defeat to opposition candidate Joseph Boakai after a tight run-off election. Weah, ...

President George Weah, a former soccer star whose administration had weathered accusations of corruption, announced that he had lost his bid for re-election to Joseph Boakai, a 78-year-old former vice ...

George Weah ran on a ‘change’ mantra, with his 2017 manifesto promising to move Liberians “from a low to a middle-income country, where the affordability of basic goods and services will be a right ...

Liberia’s President, George Weah, has conceded defeat to opposition candidate Joseph Boakai after a tight run-off election. Weah, a former soccer star, called Boakai after the country’s National ...