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Liberians elect their president in a run-off between incumbent George Weah and challenger Joseph Boakai.
2023-11-14

Outgoing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro refuses to concede the election but also announces that he will authorize a transition of power to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
2022-11-1

The United States imposes sanctions on three senior members of the cabinet of Liberian president George Weah, accusing them of corruption.
2022-08-15

George Weah takes office as President of Liberia, and Jewel Taylor as Vice President. It is the first peaceful transition between two Liberian presidents in 74 years.
2018-01-22

With 98 percent of the votes counted, Liberia’s National Elections Commission announces these unofficial results show Senator George Weah, a former Pro footballer, defeating vice president Joseph Boakai, 61.5 to 38.5 percent, in the runoff of October's presidential election, to succeed Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the first female Liberian president.
2017-12-28

Voters in Liberia will elect a new president in a run-off election between vice-president Joseph Boakai and former footballer George Weah. Weah is elected with 60% of the vote.
2017-12-26

The lawyer for former Liberian President Charles Taylor walks out of court protesting that his client's rights to a fair trial had been abused.
2011-02-8

Model Naomi Campbell gives evidence that she received several "dirty looking stones" after meeting the former President of Liberia Charles Taylor in his trial at the United Nations Special Court for Sierra Leone.
2010-08-5

Charles McArther Emmanuel, son of President of Liberia Charles Taylor, is ordered to pay more than $22 million (£14 million) to five people tortured during the Second Liberian Civil War.
2010-02-6