PHOTO ESSAYS: Liberian Elections 2011

Heavy rains did not deter this group of Liberian women from lining up at a polling center in Liberia's capital Monrovia to cast their ballots in the country's second democratic elections since the end ...

Liberia: Leading Opposition Candidate Tubman Backs Run-Off

New Dawn, 17 October 2011

With an imminent run-off presidential poll between the governing Unity Party and the key opposition Congress for Democratic Change or CDC, the opposition block here led by the CDC… Read more »
Liberia: Election Commission Predicts Runoff Election

New Dawn, 17 October 2011

National Elections Commission Chairman has disclosed that there may be runoff presidential election. Read more »
Liberia: Sirleaf Calls for Calm After Office Burning

New Dawn, 17 October 2011

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has called on Unity Party partisans to remain calm as police in Monrovia investigate Saturday's burning of the running party's sub-office in… Read more »
Liberia: Opposition to Contest Presidential Run-Off

RNW Africa, 16 October 2011

The Liberian opposition said Sunday it would contest the run-off presidential vote even though it rejects preliminary results of the first round that put the incumbent Ellen… Read more »
Liberia: Opposition Allege 'Fraud' and Pull Out of Elections

AEP, 15 October 2011

The main opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) and other opposition political parties in this year's elections have pulled out of the electoral process for what they… Read more »
Liberia: Ex-Warlord's Supporters to Wield Crucial Votes?

RNW Africa, 15 October 2011

Notorious ex-warlord Prince Johnson, who was filmed ordering his men to cut off the ears of dictator Samuel Doe two decades ago, has emerged as a surprising kingmaker in Liberia's… Read more »

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14 October 2011
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Liberia's Election - In Sound

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Radio Netherlands Worldwide

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In the Radio Netherlands Worldwide programme, Bridges With Africa, the RNW correspondent who covered the election, Bram Posthumus, shares his ... see more »

Liberia: Weah Vote Himself Out ?

New Democrat, 13 October 2011

News emerging from the Kendeja polling center in Paynesville says the vice presidential candidate of the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), Mr. George M. Weah, briefly argued… Read more »
Liberia: Early Results Put Sirleaf in the Lead

AEP, 13 October 2011

The Liberia National Elections Commission (NEC) on Thursday 13th October during a press conference released the first provisional results. The early results so far put incumbent… Read more »
Liberia: Elections 2011 Daily News Review-13th October

AEP, 13 October 2011

Following the end of an outstanding peaceful and violence free elections, most of the newspapers this morning, carry stories containing unofficial preliminary results gathered… Read more »

Documents

13 October 2011
National Tally Center Progressive Tally Report for the Presidential and Legislative Elections on 11 October 2011

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The National Elections Commission of Liberia

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The National Elections Commission of Liberia

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Liberia: Nobel Winner Sirleaf Faces Run-off Vote

RNW Africa, 13 October 2011

Liberia's new Nobel laureate, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, was heading for a run-off vote in her re-election bid on Thursday following polls seen as a test of the nation's… Read more »
Liberia: Liberia Urges Calm During Election Count

RNW Africa, 13 October 2011

Election officials in Liberia warned against any attempt to disrupt tallying Wednesday after the UN hailed a "smooth" voting day in the war-scarred west African country's… Read more »
Liberia: Provisional Election Results Expected Thursday

AEP, 12 October 2011

Amidst anxiety from voters and political parties about initial results from the Tuesday presidential and legislative polls, the Chairman of the National Election Commission (NEC),… Read more »
Liberia: Elections 2011 - ECC Reports Key Challenges

AEP, 12 October 2011

On Tuesday 11th October 2011 Liberians went to polls to vote in the first post-war democratic elections organized by Liberians. The general elections were contested by sixteen… Read more »

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Liberians Praised for Peaceful and Orderly Elections

Local and international observatory missions monitoring the Liberian elections have started to release preliminary declarations about the polls, hailing the orderliness that ... Read more »
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Liberia: Election Headed for Second Round?

AEP, 12 October 2011

Results coming in from AEP field officers show a marginal lead by the Unity Party (UP) of President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, closely followed by the Congress for Democratic Change… Read more »
Liberia: CDC to Accept Elections Result If...

New Democrat, 11 October 2011

Leaders of the opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) have said that they will accept election results that are "democratic and transparent". Read more »
Liberia: Peaceful Elections So Far in General Elections

AEP, 11 October 2011

Liberians have been at the polls since 6am today to decide who becomes the next president in this West African nation which is recovering from a 14-year civil war. Read more »
Liberia: Elections - Partying and Striving for Peace

RNW Africa, 11 October 2011

Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf appeared on national television on Sunday evening, congratulating her compatriots on a non-violent campaign and urging them to hold an… Read more »

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11 October 2011

Vote Counting Under Way in Liberia

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Al Jazeera

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The votes are being counted to decide who will win Liberia's second election since the end of civil war in 2003. The incumbent Ellen Johnson Sirleaf ... see more »

Liberia: The Elections Coordinating Committee, (ECC) Initial Statement On 2011 General Elections

AEP, 11 October 2011

The Elections Coordinating Committee, (ECC) has commended the level of enthusiasm and spirit that characterize the ongoing general elections in Liberia. ECC observed that despite… Read more »
Liberia: Massive Turnout

New Democrat, 11 October 2011

Peace, enthusiasm, respect for one another, and orderliness marked voting throughout the country where Liberian voters hugely turned out yesterday to cast their ballots in the… Read more »
Liberia: Vote Counting Underway in General Elections

AEP, 11 October 2011

Votes are being counted in the Liberian general elections which closed at 6pm today in what many observers describe as too close to predict victory for any of the two leading… Read more »
Liberia: Voters Defy Rains to Turn Out at Polls

AEP, 11 October 2011

Thousands of Liberians are bracing showers and rains across the country this morning to vote in a closely contested general elections. As early as 6:00 am this morning long queues… Read more »
Liberia: Citizens Turn Out in Numbers to Vote

IPS, 11 October 2011

Liberians cast their ballots Tuesday in an election that has so far been described as orderly and peaceful, though concerns persist that a disputed result could anger voters and… Read more »
Liberia: Nation Set for Successful Election - Ecowas

AEP, 10 October 2011

Liberians are expected to go to the polls tomorrow, October 11, to elect a democratic president for the second time, eight years after the devastating civil war that set the… Read more »
Liberia: Long Queues As Polling Stations Open

RFI, 11 October 2011

Polls opened in Liberia on Tuesday in an election which will be analysed by many as a test of the west African nation's fragile democracy. Read more »
Liberia: Voters to Head for Polls After Campaign of Divisive Rhetoric

IPS, 10 October 2011

As Liberia gears up for Tuesday's presidential and legislative elections, officials stationed near the border with Ivory Coast have expressed concern that insufficient border… Read more »

Video

11 October 2011

Voting Begins Smoothly in Liberia

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Al Jazeera

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Yvonne Ndege of Al Jazeera reports on early voting in Liberia's election, the first Liberians have organized themselves since the end of the civil ... see more »

Liberia: Over 700 Elections Observers Arrive

New Democrat, 5 October 2011

A total of 799 international observers from 36 international organizations have been accredited by the National Elections Commission to observe the conduct of Liberia's… Read more »

InFocus

Liberia Nobel Laureate Faces Tough Challenge at Polls

Liberia's election campaign wraps up on Sunday after being rattled by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's Nobel Peace Prize win, seen as an unfair coup for the incumbent ahead of the nation's ... Read more »
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InFocus

Liberian Opposition to Contest Second Ballot for Presidency

PHOTO ESSAYS: Liberian Elections 2011

Audio

Liberia's Election - In Sound

Documents

National Tally Center Progressive Tally Report for the Presidential and Legislative Elections on 11 October 2011

InFocus

Liberians Praised for Peaceful and Orderly Elections

Video

Vote Counting Under Way in Liberia

Video

Voting Begins Smoothly in Liberia

InFocus

Liberia Nobel Laureate Faces Tough Challenge at Polls

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InFocus

Liberian Opposition to Contest Second Ballot for Presidency

PHOTO ESSAYS: Liberian Elections 2011

Audio

Liberia's Election - In Sound

Documents

National Tally Center Progressive Tally Report for the Presidential and Legislative Elections on 11 October 2011

InFocus

Liberians Praised for Peaceful and Orderly Elections

Video

Vote Counting Under Way in Liberia

Video

Voting Begins Smoothly in Liberia

InFocus

Liberia Nobel Laureate Faces Tough Challenge at Polls

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