Weah sworn in as Liberia president, vows to finish corruption

George Weah, a former general soccer star who won a presidency of Liberia in December, betrothed a crackdown on autochthonous crime as he was sworn in on Monday (January 22).

Weah, 51, pronounced he had been given an “overwhelming” charge to finish crime in Liberia and pronounced he wanted to slight a opening between a abounding and poor.

Growing adult in a slums of Monrovia to turn one of Africa’s biggest footballers, Weah played for top-flight European teams including AC Milan and Paris St Germain.

He succeeds Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia and Africa’s initial womanlike inaugurated conduct of state, who took energy 12 years ago. She is credited with shoring adult assent after a bloody polite conflict, though criticized for unwell to tackle chosen swindle or do most to lift Liberians out of poverty.

Founded by liberated American slaves, Liberia is Africa’s oldest complicated republic. But it has been tormented by years of disturbance and bloodshed, including dual polite wars in a 1980s and 90s that were scandalous for their savagery and use of child soldiers.