President George Weah is in a close contest (AP) to secure a second term against his opponent Joseph Boakai as Liberians head to the polls today. The runoff is a repeat of 2017, and is expected to be slow in announcing results; electoral officials took weeks to announce the outcome of the first round vote on October 10.
In this article, CFR expert Michelle Gavin explains how Liberia’s history casts a long shadow over its democracy.
Zambia/China: China said that Zambia’s other creditors should bear a “fair burden” (Reuters) in the country’s ongoing debt restructuring talks. China, France, and the International Monetary Fund have expressed reservations in recent days about a potential restructuring deal that the United Kingdom-based watchdog group Debt Justice calculated would give more money back to foreign bondholders than official creditors.
No comments:
Post a Comment