Liberian President’s Son Defeated in Senate Race

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s son, Robert, has congratulated Liberian football legend George Weah on winning the Montserrado County special senatorial election December 20. Sirleaf said he respects the voters’ decision.   Sirleaf, who ran as an independent candidate, objected to the view of some that the defeat was a referendum on his mother’s government.  He said that if that was the case, then Weah’s Congress for Democratic Change party would have won in...

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