On Liberia's Community Football Pitches, Weah Still A Star – Barron's

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A group of men playing soccer on Liberia's community football pitches.

Pictures by Guy Peterson. Video by Eleonore Sens

Osman Fofana, a 17-year-old student in Liberia’s capital Monrovia, could not contain his excitement as he walked onto a new football field in his slum community of Clara Town.

“It’s astonishing”, he said at a recent school gathering at a sports complex supported by President George Weah’s government.

“We, the youth, pray that George Weah will be re-elected”.

Weah, a former international football star who was born in Clara Town, is seeking a second term as president of the West African…