Liberia: Kenya's High Court Ruling, a Litmus Test for Liberia's Historic Election

editorial

A NEW PRECEDENCE HAS BEEN set in Africa's emerging democracy - one that was once thought was impossible on this continent - the nullifying of the results of Kenya's presidential election result.

MILLIONS OF KENYANS BORE THE PATIENCE of standing in long queues outside polling stations across the country to vote in presidential and local elections on August 8. Previous elections in this country have often been suspected of rigging, some of which led to violent post elections protest. This time, however, the US and Kenya's other donors had invested $24 million in an electronic vote-tallying system designed to prevent interference.

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