Liberia

MONROVIA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Liberian Vice President Joseph Boakai, the ruling party’s candidate to succeed President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, said he will abide by the outcome of a legal challenge to the results of last month’s first round vote. The West African nation’s Supreme Court on Wednesday halted preparations for a runoff on Nov. 7 after a losing candidate in the first round lodged an objection and called for a rerun of the election. Liberia’s soccer-star-turned-politician, George…

MONROVIA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Liberia’s Supreme Court halted next week’s presidential run-off vote to hear a challenge brought by a first-round losing candidate that the election was marred by fraud. The court issued a stay order for the Nov. 7 poll and will consider the complaint filed by the Liberty Party on Thursday, according to a writ issued on Wednesday. The Liberty Party lodged the objection and called for a rerun after its candidate,…

MONROVIA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said allegations that she interfered in the vote to decide her successor were tantamount to hate speech after her own party and those of other contenders accused her of trying to influence the election. The ruling Unity Party said on Sunday it is supporting a request by the opposition Liberty Party that the Supreme Court annuls the October 10 vote result and set a date for…

MONROVIA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Liberia’s soccer star turned politician George Weah and Vice President Joseph Boakai will face each other in a runoff vote for the presidency next month after neither candidate secured a majority needed for an outright win. Weah had 38.4 percent of the votes in the Oct. 10 election, while Boakai got 28.8 percent with all ballots counted, Jerome Korkoya, chairman of the National Elections Commission, told reporters on Thursday in the capital, Monrovia….