‘I inherited a broke country’, says new Liberian president


Liberia's recently-elected President George Weah arrives for a conference at the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts in Paris on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018. -AP

PARIS: Liberia’s new President George Weah on Tuesday pledged to fight endemic corruption as he spoke about conditions in his “broke country” on the first day of an official visit to Paris.

The former international football star who, took office on January 22, is faced with a dire economic situation in Liberia following two civil wars and a deadly Ebola epidemic in 2013-2015.

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