Election officials in Liberia on Monday formally declared ... as we jump-start the activities of governance," Boakai, 78, a former vice president, said moments after he was officially pronounced ...

has been active in Liberia’s national politics since the 1980s, when he served as the agriculture minister. Starting in 2006, he spent 12 years as vice president under Africa’s first ...

Boakai, a 78-year-old former vice president of Liberia, won 51% of the votes, after the final results were tallied by the elections commission on Monday. In an address to the nation, Weah said ...

Presidential hopeful Dr. Jeremiah Z. Whapoe has called on his countrymen in Nimba to decide if they want the county to produce a president or a vice president. He has branded the vice presidency ...

The Unity Party’s Joseph Nyumah Boakai is aiming for the country’s top job after serving two terms as the vice president of Liberia (from 2006 to 2018) for President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. He also ...

In Liberia, incumbent President George Weah ... increasing employment and stemming corruption. Boakai, a former vice president under President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, had lost to Weah in the ...

Joseph Boakai, then Vice-President of Liberia, addresses the 64th session of the General Assembly at United Nations headquarters Friday, Sept. 25, 2009. Liberia’s new President Joseph Nyuma ...