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Liberia's President Weah; Filipino trolls; the US-Mexico border and Dominica's resurgence

Tackling Liberian President George Weah; migrant stories from the US-Mexico border; trolls run amok on Filipino social media; and Dominica grows green again after Hurricane Maria

Pascale Harter introduces correspondents' stories, insights and experiences from around the world. 

In Liberia, Mike Thomson tackles a few awkward questions with former superstar footballer, now President, George Weah. He's a hero to many - but what's his game plan for dealing with the country's pressing needs? We join a motorcade through Monrovia to find out. 

The US-Mexico border is constantly in the headlines - as the epicentre of argument about immigration policy and enforcement in the Americas. Hugo Bachega spent time in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico with some of the thousands of Central Americans trying to get into the USA by applying for asylum. He heard what's pushing them away from home and why they keep heading to the frontier.

Howard Johnson reveals what it's like to be targeted for a troll attack on Filipino social media - and why critics of President Rodrigo Duterte so often come in for a drubbing. 

And Juliet Rix is on the Caribbean 'Nature Island' of Dominica - devastated by Hurricane Maria, but now showing heartening signs of life. From its rebuilt homes to its surviving siserrou parrots, this is a place whose natural resilience is showing. Hillsides once left without a leaf, mud-brown and blasted by the winds, are once more covered in green. 

Photo: Liberian President George Weah enjoys a kickabout in Monrovia, January 2019 (c) BBC

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