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Facing a "broke" country, Liberia's Weah cuts his own salary

Weah has maintained Liberia’s economy is broken and his government is broke and hence taking a 25 per cent salary and benefits cut [Simon Maina, AFP]

Liberia's newly sworn-in President George Weah pledged to cut his own salary by a quarter on Monday, in a nationwide address in which he warned of tough times ahead for a "broke" country.

"The state of the economy that my administration inherited leaves a lot to do and to be decided," the former international soccer star said in an address apparently aimed at lowering high expectations following his election victory at the end of last year to replace Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

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