(Bloomberg) -- Ballot counting began in Liberia in a presidential run-off between retired soccer star George Weah and Vice President Joseph Boakai.
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In the capital, Monrovia, National Elections Commission Chairman Jerome Korkoya told reporters on Tuesday “voting was conducted in a peaceful atmosphere.”
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Weah, 51, won the first round on Oct. 10, beating Vice President Boakai, 73, by a 38 percent to 30 percent margin. They’re battling to succeed Harvard-educated former banker Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who’s due to step down in January.
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