Polls open in Liberia
Liberians began voting yesterday in the second election since the end of a 14-year civil war, which is being closely watched as a litmus test of the west African nation's fragile democracy.
Long queues were seen at polling stations in the capital as voters waited from early morning in the rain to cast their ballots.
The elections are the first since President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf made history when she became Africa's first female president in 2005 elections, shortly after the country emerged from a long and savage war which left some 250,000 dead.
The 2011 joint Nobel Peace Prize winner is facing a stiff challenge from main opposition candidate Winston Tubman, 70, who has crowd-pleasing football star George Weah as his running mate.
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