Liberian president and candidate of the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) George Weah is set to go into a run-off with his rival and former Vice President, Joseph Boakai of the Unity Party (UP).
Almost all results have been announced by the National Election Commission (NEC), and none of the 20 candidates was able to secure more than 50 per cent of votes cast to be declared winner in the first ballot.
According to the results on the NEC website, 98.4 per cent of the 10 October votes have been announced with Mr Weah thinly leading Mr Boakai with less than one per cent votes.
