Joseph Boakai on brink of Liberian presidency as vote count nears completion

MONROVIA, Liberia – Liberia opposition leader Joseph Boakai was on course to become president after preliminary election results announced on Friday gave him a slim lead over incumbent George Weah with nearly all votes counted. Boakai, 78, a former vice president who lost to Weah in the 2017 poll, had campaigned on rescuing the West African nation from what he calls mismanagement by Weah’s…

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