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The Documentary: George Weah: The footballing president

George Weah: The Footballing President

19/02/2019 GMT

George Weah: The footballing president

BBC World Service - The Documentary, George Weah: The footballing president

Is Liberia’s footballing President George Weah achieving his goals?

A year after coming to office, Mike Thomson finds out how footballing legend George Weah is measuring up as President of Liberia.

George Weah, former World Footballer of the Year and star of AC Milan, Chelsea and Monaco, was elected president of Liberia in a landslide victory just over a year ago. Having been raised in one of Liberia’s worst slums, many saw him as a man who understood the needs of the poor. But some now doubt that he will deliver on campaign promises to help lift people out of poverty. Mike Thomson, who was granted a rare interview with the President, reports from Monrovia

(Photo: President George Weah. Credit: Mike Thomson/BBC)

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