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11/13/2005:

"Weah supporters in clashes with troops after Liberian poll defeat"

Supporters of the Liberian presidential candidate George Weah clashed with United Nations peacekeepers in Monrovia as they protested against allegedly fraudulent results they said had robbed the former football star of a victory.

The angry demonstrations followed claims by Mr Weah's rival, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, that she had won the run-off in the war-ravaged west African state.

The protest, in which at least two people were injured, followed a plea from Mr Weah at his Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) headquarters for his supporters to remain calm and stay off the streets until an investigation into the alleged fraud and ballot tampering was resolved.
independent.co.uk