Weah sworn in as Liberian president, completes remarkable transition

George Weah inaugurated as Liberia’s President in Monrovia on Jan 22, 2018. [Photo: Courtesy]

Former international football star George Weah has been sworn in as Liberia's new president on Monday, in the country's first transition between democratically-elected leaders since 1944.

Weah, 51, took over from Nobel laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who spent 12 years at the helm, steering the West African nation away from the trauma of a civil war.