MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberia's presidential election Wednesday appeared headed for a run-off, with the top candidates neck and neck and the votes nearly fully counted.
Once the votes from this round are finalized, the run-off will take place within 15 days.
The Oct. 10 election is the tightest in the nearly two decades since the end of the country's civil war that killed some 250,000 people.
Weah won that election amid high hopes brought about by his promise to fight poverty and generate infrastructure development in Africa’s oldest republic.
But Weah has been accused of not living up to key campaign promises that he would fight corruption and ensure justice for victims of the country’s civil wars.
Persons:
—, George Weah, Joseph Boakai, Weah, Boakai, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s, Ibrahim Al, bakri Nyei, “, Sam Mednick
Organizations:
National Elections Commission, “, Ducor Institute for Social, Economic Research, Associated Press
Locations:
MONROVIA, Liberia, Nimba county, West, Africa’s, Dakar, Senegal