Third-place finisher Charles Brumskine’s Liberty Party challenged the results of the October vote, which set up a November 7 run-off between former soccer star, George Weah and Vice President, Joseph Boakai
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The candidate of the UP, Liberia’s ruling party, Vice President Joseph Boakah, finished runner-up in the first round of this month’s presidential election
The Chairman of the National Elections Commission, Jerome Kokorya, had released more provisional results on Saturday, bringing the total votes so far processed to 1.12 million
In Banjul, President Buhari, as the Mediator in The Gambia, is scheduled to meet with President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia and the President-elect, Adama Barrow, to continue dialogue on the political situation in the West African country
Jammeh, who accused ECOWAS of putting forces on the alert in case he refused to step down, has vowed to stay in power despite losing a December 1 election to rival, Adama Barrow
The News Agency of Nigeria reliably gathered that the visiting Liberian President would brief President Buhari on sub-regional security challenges ahead of the 3rd Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa slated for December 5 and 6