Liberia’s Boakai Closes In on Presidency With Most Ballots Tallied
- Over 99% of polling stations in the Nov. 14 runoff counted
- Boakai has pledged to turn around the economy if he wins
Joseph Boakai.
Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
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Liberia’s President George Weah conceded defeat as opposition leader Joseph Boakai took a commanding lead in a runoff vote to become the West African nation’s next president, after almost all the ballots were counted.
Weah called Boakai to congratulate the former vice president as winner of the 2023 presidential runoff election, according to a statement on the Executive Mansion’s Facebook page.