Check Out Some Of The African Leaders Who Attended The Inauguration Of George M. Weah As Liberia's New President!

President George Weah & Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo

President Elect George M. Weah, The 51-year-old, who was FIFA’s 1995 player of the year, took the oath dressed in all white at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex to cheers from tens of thousands Liberians. After Chief Justice Francis S. Korkpor, Sr., swore in Weah, Liberia’s flag was lowered and folded to signify the end of the presidency for outgoing first African female president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who stood with Weah on a raised platform. A new flag was unfolded and hoisted to signify the start of Weah’s new administration. “Dignitaries who attended the ceremony include Nigeria’s Senate President Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, Ghanaian former President Jerry Rawlings, Senegal’s President Macky Sall, Ghanaian former President John Dramani Mahama, Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe, Congo’s President Denis Sassou Nguesso, Guinea’s President Alpha Conde, Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, Gambia’s Vice President Fatoumata Tambajang, Outgoing Liberian Vice President Joseph Boakai who lost the presidential election to Weah, Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Ahmad Ahmad and Cameroon’s former international football player Samuel Eto.

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