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Newshour: Liberians Head to the Polls

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26/12/2017 GMT

Liberians Head to the Polls

BBC World Service - Newshour, Liberians Head to the Polls

A former international footballer and a Vice-President fight it out for the top job

Liberians are choosing a new president in a run-off vote between Vice-President Joseph Boakai and former international footballer George Weah

Liberians choose a new president in a run-off vote between Vice-President Joseph Boakai and former international footballer George Weah. Liberia, which was founded by freed US slaves in the 19th Century, has not had a smooth transfer of power in 73 years.

Also on the programme: BBC correspondents discuss the year's main news stories; and freedom of speech under threat in Bangladesh as atheist blogger is arrested.

(Photo: Voters queue outside polling stations in Monrovia Credit: Reuters)

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