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Liberians revelled in former football star George Weah&apos;s presidential victory, in the country&apos;s first democratic transfer of power in seven decades scarred by civil wars, political assassinations and an Ebola crisis. / AFP PHOTO / SEYLLOU (Photo credit should read SEYLLOU/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bridgestone’s Liberia Plantation Workers Halt Strike Amid Talks]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-07/bridgestone-s-liberia-plantation-workers-halt-strike-amid-talks</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-07/bridgestone-s-liberia-plantation-workers-halt-strike-amid-talks</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Festus Poquie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2025 15:10:14 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRINFXeY0d7Q/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRINFXeY0d7Q/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Workers pack rubber into a truck on the Firestone campus in Liberia.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thousands of Bridgestone’s Plantation Workers Strike in Liberia]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-30/thousands-of-bridgestone-s-plantation-workers-strike-in-liberia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-30/thousands-of-bridgestone-s-plantation-workers-strike-in-liberia</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Festus Poquie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:51:08 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iPYF9X8ggMSY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iPYF9X8ggMSY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A worker on the Firestone rubber tree plantation walks home on August 24, 2014 in Dolo Town, Liberia.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberia Anticipates New Minerals Discovery Will Draw $3 Billion]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-28/liberia-anticipates-new-minerals-discovery-will-draw-3-billion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-28/liberia-anticipates-new-minerals-discovery-will-draw-3-billion</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Festus Poquie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2025 14:06:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberian President Suspends Central Bank Governor After Audit]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-30/liberian-president-suspends-central-bank-governor-after-audit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-30/liberian-president-suspends-central-bank-governor-after-audit</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Festus Poquie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2024 18:08:50 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iM4rzplvjS74/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iM4rzplvjS74/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Joseph Boakai</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Climate Disaster Strikes, Slums Are Vulnerable. 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Liberian President George Weah, faces a tight runoff election as he seeks to defeat Boakai, a repeat challenger, and earn a second term in the West African nation. 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The General Debate portion of the General Assembly runs until Sept. 28.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberians Head Back to Polls to Choose Weah or Boakai as Leader]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-14/liberians-head-back-to-polls-to-choose-weah-or-boakai-as-leader</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-14/liberians-head-back-to-polls-to-choose-weah-or-boakai-as-leader</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Festus Poquie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2023 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iTgdxPM6DepI/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iTgdxPM6DepI/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Voters line up at a polling station during the presidential and parliamentary elections in Monrovia on Oct. 10. Photographer: Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberians to Pick Between Weah and Boakai in Nov. 14 Runoff Vote]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-24/liberians-to-pick-between-weah-and-boakai-in-nov-14-runoff-vote</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-24/liberians-to-pick-between-weah-and-boakai-in-nov-14-runoff-vote</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Katarina Hoije]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2023 17:40:22 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ir69vgr7lPfo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ir69vgr7lPfo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A women casts her ballot at a voting station in Monrovia, Liberia on October 10.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberia’s President Heads for a Runoff Election After Failing to Secure Enough Votes]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-17/ex-football-star-heads-for-runoff-in-liberian-presidential-polls</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-17/ex-football-star-heads-for-runoff-in-liberian-presidential-polls</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Festus Poquie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2023 18:44:35 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/irxL2TlqMz4c/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/irxL2TlqMz4c/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description> George Weah </media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberia Starts Counting Presidential Ballots Amid Heavy Turnout]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-10/liberia-starts-counting-presidential-ballots-amid-heavy-turnout</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-10/liberia-starts-counting-presidential-ballots-amid-heavy-turnout</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Festus Poquie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2023 22:15:14 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i21XQiPmpiRk/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i21XQiPmpiRk/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>People queue outside a voting station in Kenny Town, Monrovia on October 10, 2023 during the presidential vote. Liberians began voting Tuesday on whether to give football legend George Weah a second term as president, with peace among voters&apos; main concerns in a nation still scarred by back-to-back civil wars. 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