He replaces Africa’s first female President and Nobel Laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf who led the country for the past 12 years. Winston Tubman to lead his political party – Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) – to elections while he (Weah) ran as vice standard bearer. Protecting Liberian BusinessesPresident Weah guaranteed Liberian owned businesses that they would be protected from marginalization. Collaboration with International CommunityThe new President thanked ECOWAS for standing with Liberia through the civil war. Weah: “Ending a peacekeeping mission successfully is something in which all Liberians and her partners should take great pride."

Source: Front Page Africa January 22, 2018 18:45 UTC