The first footballer elected to lead an African country has taken over from the first African woman elected to lead the country established to  house slaves freed in the United States.

After playing a friendly match against an army team, 51-year-old former international footballer of the year George Weah said his first priority was to maintain peace in Liberia, which was rent by more than a decade of civil war before Ellen Johnson Sirleaf took the helm.

Like US President Donald Trump, Weah has taken to twitter to get his message across.

The first Liberian to assume power in a peaceful changeover since 1944 thumbed his compatriots promising they’ll have visible, major and positive changes under his presidency

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