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Liberians await presidential election results

Liberians voted in elections on Tuesday, with President Weah seeking a second term. Observers said polling was peaceful, despite some violence during the campaign.

Liberians voted in elections on Tuesday, with President George Weah seeking a second term. Observers said polling was peaceful, despite some violence during the campaign. Mr Weah is the favourite to win, with former Vice-President Joseph Boakai considered his main challenger. Did the president deliver in his first term?

Are reparations the best way of rectifying the injustices of the past? After Ghana鈥檚 president Nana Akufo-Addo calls for Western countries which profited from the transatlantic slave trade to pay reparations to African countries, we hear from an opponent of the proposal.

And South Africa's latest census reveals the population rose by over 10 million, to 62 million people, in just over a decade. But how significant is this data?

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