Weah Booted Out! Meet Liberia's New President: Joseph Boakai | Liberia Elections

On Friday 17 November, Joseph Boakai became Liberia’s new leader after his rival and sitting President George Weah conceded a tight election. This marks a peaceful transfer of power in a region that has recently seen many military coups.

Joseph Boakai portrays himself as a simple man who rose from humble origins through hard work. According to his official website, against the odds he secured a good education by working as a cleaner to pay his fees.

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Sources:


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-41837299

https://www.reuters.com/world/....africa/after-decades

https://joeboakai2023.com/about/

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/1....2/26/world/africa/li

https://www.barrons.com/news/j....oseph-boakai-politic

https://www.france24.com/en/20....171226-joseph-boakai

https://www.aljazeera.com/news..../2023/11/14/liberian

https://www.theafricareport.co....m/322931/liberia-wea

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Music:

Arid Foothills - The Dark Contenent by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/r....oyalty-free/index.ht
Artist: http://incompetech.com/

French Fuse

Epidemic Sound

Allegro - Emit Fenn

Alone - Emit Fenn

Kai Engel - Lesicia, CC BY-SA 4.0

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