Football legend, George Tawlon Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah was yesterday, Monday 22 January, 2018, sworn in as the President of the Federal Republic of Liberia, at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Stadium, Monrovia.

He replaces Africa’s first elected female president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who is stepping down after two terms. It is the first democratic transfer of power in the West African state in more than 70 years.