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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 transition in over 70 years.

With 98.1 percent of the vote counted, Weah led with 61.5 percent to Vice President Joseph Boakai’s 38.5 percent, National Elections Commission Chairman Jerome Korkoyah told reporters in the capital Monrovia on Thursday.

At his party headquarters outside Monrovia, tears streamed down Weah’s face as he greeted supporters from a balcony. Below, hundreds of young people sang and danced to a live performance of Hipco, Liberian hip hop music popular with the country’s impoverished youth.

“Success for George Weah is victory for the whole country,” a 47-year-old engineer named Randall Zarkpah said as he walked home with his young son through streets ringing with honking car horns and loud cheers as dusk fell.

“When you feel sick for some time and you receive proper medication - that is how I feel now. He will be good for our country. He is King George!”

Weah grew up in Clara Town slum in Monrovia and went on to become the only African to win FIFA World Player of the Year, starring for AC Milan, Paris St Germain and Chelsea.

His popularity at home fuelled a previous run for president, in 2005. He won the first round then but lost the second round to Johnson Sirleaf, whom he will now succeed.

His rags-to-riches story helped him tap into dissatisfaction with Johnson Sirleaf’s 12-year tenure. She drew a line under years of civil war but drew criticism for failing to root out corruption or persistent poverty.

“My fellow Liberians, I deeply feel the emotion of all the nation,” Weah wrote on Twitter after the results were announced. “I measure the importance and the responsibility of the immense task which I embrace today. Change is on.”

Weah’s critics, however, say he has offered few concrete policy proposals. His choice of running mate has also raised eyebrows: Jewel Howard-Taylor, the ex-wife of Charles Taylor, a former president of Liberia who is serving 50 years in a British prison for war crimes in neighbouring Sierra Leone.

“I think Weah is not fit for the work. He will see it,” said Anthony Mason, 34, who had huddled around radios at the headquarters of Boakai’s Unity Party for the results.

Weah looked set to sweep 14 of Liberia’s 15 counties in the run-off. Turnout in Tuesday’s vote stood at 56 percent, the election commission said.

Earlier on Thursday, Boakai said he doubted that the vote was “free, fair and transparent”, without elaborating. He did not say whether he might challenge the eventual result.

The second round was delayed by more than a month after the third-place finisher in October’s first round, backed by Boakai, alleged fraud. The Supreme Court ultimately rejected the challenge.

The U.S.-based Carter Center and National Democratic Institute said on Thursday there were notable improvements in the handling of the run-off, echoing positive assessments from other international observers.

Founded by freed U.S. slaves in 1847, Liberia is Africa’s oldest modern republic. But the last democratic transfer of power occurred in 1944, a military coup took place in 1980 and a 14-year civil war ended only in 2003.

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Outspoken SDF MP Wirba is set to launch one of the very first books of the unrest in Southern Cameroons, BaretaNews has reported.

Honorable Wirba's book is out to reveal the mafia of the Biya regime as well as his [Wirba] vision for Southern Cameroons.

BaretaNews says the book is titled Wirba Force.The initiative is highly appreciated by Southern Cameroonians though some people believe that it's rather too early. They argue that the 'war' is not yet over.

Honorable Wirba is one of the most active people in the struggle.He has criticised the regime and parliament in broad daylight.

This has made him one of the most dreaded and 'wanted' persons by the Biya administration.

My people, Have been silent for a bit. That's the Wirba you know. I don't talk to impress, l talk to improve ! Needed the quiet moment after 6 months in exile to think & take the WirbaForce to a new playground ! My people we have a book coming! Welcome the WirbaForce chapters -JW pic.twitter.com/lh4NWwvcs4
— Hon. Wirba Joseph (@HonWirbaJoseph) December 28, 2017

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Mancho Bibixy is said to be critically ill and has been operated upon.The leader of the coffin revolution was driven to a hospital in Yaoundé earlier in the week, reports say.He has been detained in Yaoundé for several months now.

Mr Mancho Bibixy rekindled the struggle last year when he stood in a coffin on a vehicle and rallied people behind him in Bamenda.

Some reports say he was too sick to walk and was transported in a wheelchair.Another source describes the illness as "side pain". Mr Mancho was onced operated upon two years ago.

There are rumours that some Anglophone detainees in Buea have been poisoned.

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The elections body, NEC, in its only presser held late Wednesday said it will release provisional results of the presidential runoff today.

This is amidst tonnes of congratulatory messages “affirming” victory for George Weah. Reports also indicate that the camp of vice-president Boakai are also making similar claims.

“The National Elections Commission (NEC) says it will on Thursday December 28 begin the announcement of provisional results of the 2017 presidential runoff.

“The runoff was held on Tuesday December 26 between VP Joseph Boakai of the UP and Senator George Weah of the CDC. Tallying of votes started today, Tuesday across the country and it is continuing,” the NEC statement added.

Meanwhile, the United Nations chief has deployed former Nigerian leader Olusegun Obasanjo to help Liberia in the transition process.

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Yusuf Buhari, son of Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari, has been flown to Germany for medical treatment local media sources are reporting.

The presidency on Wednesday confirmed that Yusuf had been involved in a bike accident in the capital Abuja. He is said to have broken a limb and sustained a head injury.

He had subsequently undergone surgery at an Abuja clinic and was said to be in stable condition. The latest development indicates that there is the need for further attention.

Since the news of the incident was reported, Nigerians have expressed their prayers for the first family and offered their prayers for Yusuf’s speedy recovery.

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Recently retired army chief Constantino Chiwenga, who led a de facto coup last month that ended Robert Mugabe’s 37-year rule, was installed as Zimbabwe’s vice president in Harare on Thursday.

Chiwenga, whose appearance on state television on Nov. 15 preceded armed soldiers taking to the streets, paving the way for Emmerson Mnangagwa to become president, is the latest in a string of military leaders to be elevated to government positions.

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Over 433 Ambazonia detainees at the Buea Central Prison face life threatening illnesses following yesterday's meal that was served them at the prison. They need urgent medical attention to be followed by their unconditional release from prison.

As a matter of fact, those who ate the prison food developed complications which made them to deficate periodically throughout the night until late in the morning hours, since there is only one toilet per ward, some inmates defecated on their clothes, others did so in buckets while others used wrapping papers.

The cues and conflicts infront of the toilet caused a lot of disturbances all night long. It was about 7am that they opened the doors for some to rush to the public open air latrine.

Despite the pandemonium, the prison authorities have remained silent.
This Adds To An Outbreak Of A Strange Skin Infection That Attacks Especially The Male Genital Organs Giving Rise To Wounds That Make Victims Unable To Wear Pants And Walk About Freely.

I'm making this news public in my capacity as United Support for Peace NGO President calling on Cameroonian authorities to respect basic human rights and prevent more deaths in this detention facility.

Dr. David Makongo (United Support for Peace President)

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