After incumbent ruling parties were re-elected in the Nigerian and Sierra Leonean presidential elections, in Liberia, the Congress for Democratic Change of President George Weah was defeated in Weah’s bid for a second term. The contest was a rematch of the 2017 elections, and Joseph Boakai became the first post-Civil War candidate to defeat an incumbent enroute to victory. The peaceful transition of power signals that the country may have successfully shed its old skin and can begin to consolidate democratic practices.
