BREAKING: George Weah wins Liberia Presidential Election
A former world best footballer, George Tawlon Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah, has been announced as the President-elect of Liberia, West Africa.
Mr. Weah swept thirteen out of the fifteen counties with his 73-year-old opponent Joseph Boakai getting only two (2) counties.
The 1995 FIFA World Player of the Year and Ballon d’Or winner will succeed President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, in a contest that completes the country’s first democratic transition of power in more than 70 years.
George Weah is the only African player to win FIFA World Player of the Year and Ballon d’Or