Liberia’s Supreme Court has ruled that evidence of fraud during October’s first round of presidential elections was insufficient to merit a re-run.<\/p>\n
This means the final round of voting between the two leading candidates – ex-footballer George Weah and Vice-President Joseph Boakai – can go ahead.<\/p>\n
The electoral commission will now set a date for the delayed vote.<\/p>\n
Liberty Party’s representative Charles Brumskine, who came third in the first round, had challenged the result.<\/p>\n
The second round of voting to succeed President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf had initially been set for 7 November.<\/p>\n
Liberia, which was founded by freed US slaves in the 19th Century, has not had a smooth transfer of power in 73 years.<\/p>\n
Ms Sirleaf took office in 2006, after her predecessor, Charles Taylor, was forced out of office by rebels in 2003, ending a long civil war.<\/p>\n
Taylor is currently serving a 50-year prison sentence in the UK for war crimes related to the conflict in neighbouring Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n
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