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Liberia awaits court decision on presidential poll
Will Liberia's supreme court rule to scrap the first round of the presidential election?
Liberia's supreme court to rule on whether to scrap the first round of the presidential election, or give the go ahead for the long awaited presidential runoff poll. Zimbabwe's finance minister has presented the country's first budget since Robert Mugabe was ousted, pledging economic reforms. And the voice of Agudo Arwo - the first woman to be heard on Somalia's airwaves - has fallen silent.
(Picture:A police officer stands guard at the Supreme Court in Monrovia as Judges deliberate over the sanctity of October's election. Credit: JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH)
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