Liberia declares Boakai as winner of presidential election

STORY: Liberia declares Boakai as winner of presidential election SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 20, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:51 LOCATION: Monrovia CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of street view in Monrovia 2. various of NEC announcing the winner of the election 3. various of supporters of Joseph Boakai STORYLINE: Liberia's National Elections Commission (NEC) on Monday evening formally declared Joseph Boakai, leader of the country's main opposition party, as the winner of the 2023 presidential election. Davidetta Lansanah, head of the NEC, made the announcement during a press conference at its headquarters in Monrovia, the national capital. With 100 percent of the votes from all 5,890 polling places across Liberia's 15 counties counted, Boakai, the candidate of the opposition Unity Party and former vice president of the West African country, garnered 814,481 votes, or 50.64 percent of the vote, compared with 793,914, or 49.36 percent, for Weah, the leader of the ruling Coalition for

Liberia's election body picks Nov. 14 for presidential run-off

STORY: Liberia's election body picks Nov. 14 for presidential run-off DATELINE: Oct. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:46 LOCATION: Monrovia CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of street view in Monrovia, Liberia's capital 2. various of voting 3. various of press conference by NEC officials STORYLINE: Liberia's National Elections Commission (NEC) has officially set Nov. 14 as the date for a presidential run-off following an initial poll that saw none of the 20 presidential candidates securing the necessary percentage of votes required by the country's electoral laws to claim outright victory. Incumbent President George Weah and his closest rival, former vice president Joseph Boakai have been called upon to re-engage in a battle of the ballots. The two won 43.83 percent and 43.44 percent of votes respectively in the first round, NEC head Davidetta Lansanah told a briefing Tuesday in the national capital of Monrovia. The initial round of voting saw a high turnout of 1,949,155 voters, constituting 78.86 percent

Vote counting underway in Liberia following general elections

STORY: Vote counting underway in Liberia following general elections DATELINE: Oct. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:58 LOCATION: Monrovia CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in Monrovia 2. various of Liberians voting 3. various of the vote-counting process at a polling unit 4. various of election materials 5. various of the press conference at the electoral commission 6. SOUNDBITE (English): DAVIDETTA LANSANAH, Head of the National Elections Commission (NEC) STORYLINE: Vote counting commenced Wednesday in Liberia following the general polls in the West African country a day earlier. The tally process began in the presence of candidates' agents and independent observers, Davidetta Lansanah, head of the National Elections Commission (NEC), said on Wednesday evening at a daily briefing in the national capital of Monrovia. SOUNDBITE (English): DAVIDETTA LANSANAH, Head of the National Elections Commission (NEC) "The tallied results from magisterial offices are being progressively transmitted to th

Liberia to extend voting in southern counties due to challenges

STORY: Liberia to extend voting in southern counties due to challenges DATELINE: Oct. 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:30 LOCATION: Monrovia CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of streets of Monrovia 2. various of the Liberian citizens voting 3. various of the press conference by the National Election Commission (NEC) 4. SOUNDBITE (English): DAVIDETTA LANSANAH, Head of the National Election Commission STORYLINE: Liberia's election body said Tuesday it is extending the voting for president and members of the national legislature in some counties in the southern part of the country where electoral materials and personnel had a delay in reaching. Davidetta Lansanah, head of the National Elections Commission (NEC), said while addressing a daily press briefing in the nation's capital Monrovia that at least 11 precincts in the southeastern county of Sinoe and the south-central county of Rivercess were affected by the voting extension caused by overflowing of rivers due to heavy rainfall in those parts of the country.

Liberia's election body begins deployment of electoral materials, personnel

STORY: Liberia's election body begins deployment of electoral materials, personnel DATELINE: Oct. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:21 LOCATION: Monrovia CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Monrovia 2. various of Liberia's National Elections Commission 3. various of the press conference 4. SOUNDBITE (English): DAVIDETTA LANSANAH, Head of Liberia's National Election Commission STORYLINE: Liberia's election body began the deployment of electoral materials and personnel across the country on Monday, saying all necessary mechanisms have been put in place for the crucial presidential and national assembly polls scheduled for Tuesday. At a press conference marking the maiden edition of daily briefing on the polls in Monrovia, the capital, Davidetta Lansanah, head of the National Elections Commission (NEC), told reporters that the election body was set to oversee a free, fair, and credible process. SOUNDBITE (English): DAVIDETTA LANSANAH, Head of Liberia's National Elections Commission "Electoral materials ha