Liberian opposition politician and former football star George Weah won a landslide victory in Senate elections in Ebola-ravaged Liberia, official results showed Sunday. Weah - who in 1995 became the first and only African yet to win the Ballon d'Or as European footballer of the year and who played for AC Milan, Paris Saint Germain and Monaco - trounced his rival Robert Sirleaf, the son of Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
Weah got 78 percent of the vote in Montserrado county in the December 20 poll to fill half the seats of the Senate. Turnout was around 25 percent, according to the national election commission. The election was originally due to be held in October but was postponed over the Ebola outbreak in Liberia.