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Joseph Boakai Declared Winner Of Liberia Presidential Election
Political veteran Joseph Boakai was on Monday declared winner of Liberia's presidential election, beating incumbent George Weah, the National Electoral Commission (NEC) said after completing the ballot count. Boakai won with 50.64 percent of the vote, against 49.36 percent of the vote for former international football star Weah, Davidetta Browne Lansanah, president of the commission, told reporters. Boakai won with only a 20,567-vote margin. Weah, however, already conceded defeat on…
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Oxfam to withdraw from 18 countries
US, WASHINGTON (ORDO NEWS) — The humanitarian aid organization Oxfam International has not escaped the coronavirus crisis. It is preparing to lay off nearly 1,500 people, and to end its activities to combat inequality in 18 countries. The global financial crisis sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic added to several difficulties that the organization had already faced for some time. Heavily dependent on its stores, notably located in Europe, and on…