Liberian opposition leader Joseph Boakai is holding a slight lead in a run-off election with 50.6% of the vote over President George Weah's 49.4% after tallied results from about 87% of polling stations, the West African country's elections commission said on Thursday.

Boakai and Weah emerged neck-and-neck from the first round of voting in October but below the 50% needed to secure an outright victory, leading to a run-off on Nov. 14.

The election has been widely seen as a test of support for former soccer star Weah, 57, who was criticised in his first term by the opposition and Liberia's international partners for not doing enough to tackle corruption.

Boakai, 78, who lost to Weah in the 2017 election, has campaigned on the need to rescue the nation from what he calls mismanagement by Weah's administration.

thesolutions:
I hope Liberia wins in the end. enough of all these dependence on foreigners.

lordm:
The opposition will win

PlayMaker14:
George Weah should better place a call across to the prolific Manhood Yakubu to assist him....

He is good at dribbling votes to your favour, can also create chance from Nowhere and make you get 1million votes even if your population is 500,000. That's how good he is.

Triplerg:
Small Liberia is showing us how democracy is run.