FILE PHOTO – Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf speaks during a news conference at the Presidential Palace in Monrovia, Liberia October 12, 2017. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon
January 14, 2018
MONROVIA (Reuters) – Liberia’s ruling Unity Party has expelled the west African nation’s outgoing president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, following its candidate’s defeat in a presidential run-off election last month, the party said in a statement distributed on Sunday.
The statement said Johnson Sirleaf had violated rules, including a requirement to support the party’s candidates in elections. Former football star George Weah defeated the Unity Party’s Joseph Boakai in a landslide.
(Reporting by Alphonso Toweh; Writing by Joe Bavier; editing by Louise Heavens)
