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Liberia

Joseph Nyumah Boakai

Date of Birth: 30 November 1944
Place of Birth: Worsonga, Lofa County


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The influence brokers take a pay cut

After the enthusiastic use of K-Street lobbyists by former President George Weah who spent several million dollars on a group of spin firms including Republican-linked Ballard Partners Ice Miller Strategies and Strom Public Affairs President Joseph Boakai's government has been far quieter (Dispatches 9/8/22 George Weah signs up more Washington spin doctors)...


Weah and Boakai brace for second round

82% of votes counted opposition leader Joseph Nyumah Boakai had a narrow 800-vote lead over President George Weah giving him a 43...

The race for the votes of the also-rans The second round will be a repeat of 2017 when George Weah defeated Joseph Boakai by a 61...


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Clashes mar run-up to national elections

The mood in President George Weah's camp which had been expecting an easy run for a second term has soured since his main rivals Joseph Boakai and Prince Yormie Johnson formed a united front to oppose him in the presidential and legislative elections on 10 October...

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Weah stays in pole position

An electoral pact originally involved former Vice-President and UP leader Joseph Boakai Alexander Cummings of the Alternative National Congress (ANC) and Benoni Urey of the All Liberian Party (ALP) but unravelled over who should top the ticket and ended up in law suits (Dispatches 10/5/22 Opposition leader recruits Britain's Cherie Blair to clear his name)...


Weah slaloms through the opposition

The chances aren't any better for more experienced opposition leaders like Alexander Cummings of the Alternative National Congress (ANC) Benoni Urey of the All Liberian Party (ALP) and former Vice-President Joseph Boakai leader of Johnson-Sirleaf's old party the Unity Party...


Fear and loathing in Monrovia

Former vice-president Joseph Nyumah Boakai who lost to Weah in 2017 is the presumed CPP leader supported by millionaire businessman Benoni Urey...


The heist that never was

Others said that Weah under pressure from rising inflation and having failed to match his 'pro-poor' rhetoric with substantive action was trying to scapegoat the ex-President who faced blistering attacks from her own Unity Party during the elections allegedly for favouring Weah over her dour Vice-President Joseph Boakai (AC Vol 58 No 21 Weah sprints towards an open goal & Vol 59 No 2 Weah's known unknowns)...


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