Liberia President George Weah go dey run for di second time against challenger Joseph Boakai for November 14 runoff vote. Di results from di first round, wey Liberia’s National Elections Commission announce, be di closest runoff since di end of di country’s back-to-back civil wars.
Weah, wey be former international soccer star, no fit win absolute majority and e get 43.83% for di first round vote, while Boakai get 43.44%. Di two politicians don run against each other for 2017 vote, and for di second round, Weah win with 60% of di vote. For that time, e be di first democratic transfer of power since di end of di country’s civil wars wey happen between 1989 and 2003, and wey kill about 250,000 people.