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UN and Africa, a weekly 15-minute radio programme, aims to cover topical and current-affairs-related stories about what the UN is doing for Africa, in Africa, and about Africa.          Press Release
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10th November 2005 - Programme Number 73

LIBERIA: PRESIDENTIAL RUN-OFF RESULTS,
SOMALIA: CALL FOR SECURITY ASSISTANCE, AND SOUTHERN AFRICAN FOOD CRISIS

Results from Liberia's run-off presidential election suggest Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf could soon become the country's next president, but the other contender, who got the most votes in the first round, former world football star George Oppong Weah is alleging fraud. Does he have a case?

"We have advised him that obviously we would take such allegations seriously because I think we all want to ensure that this election is not marred by fraud, and we have advised him to ensure that his party files their petition with the National Elections Commission as soon as possible so that these claims and allegations can be thoroughly investigated," says the head of UNMIL, the UN Peacekeeping mission in Liberia, Alan Doss.

After recent high-profile assassination attempts and nasty attacks by Somali pirates, Somalia's representatives at the UN called for urgent help: "Because we are building a security apparatus to create law and order, and to make sure Somalia does not become a haven of international terrorism, that is where we need the assistance of the international community, particularly the African Union and IGAD to assist the government in terms of building a security force, a police force, civilian police force, who can bring law and order in Somalia," says Somalia's Deputy UN representative, Idd Beddel Mohammed.

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