Joseph Boakai Inaugurated As Liberian President

Joseph Boakai on Monday was inaugurated as Liberia’s president after his election victory over former football star George Weah, with the challenge of tackling poverty and corruption.

Boakai was inaugurated for a six-year term after he narrowly beat former Ballon d’Or winner Weah in November’s run-off poll with 50.64 percent of the votes to 49.36 percent.

The investiture ceremony in parliament was attended by Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo and US ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield.

Boakai has 40 years of political experience already behind him.

He was vice-president from 2006 to 2018 under Liberia’s first woman president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, before being soundly beaten by Weah in the 2017 election.