Monrovia, April 14 -- Former President George Weah has declared his intention to contest the 2029 presidential elections, signaling a political comeback just two years after conceding a narrow defeat to President Joseph Boakai.

By Selma Lomax | selma.lomax@frontpageafricaonline.com

Speaking Saturday before a throng of energized supporters at a major Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) rally in Monrovia, Weah promised a return to power, launching what he described as the party's political revival. "We are reorganizing. We are preparing. We are coming back," he proclaimed to loud applause. "By the power vested in me as Standard Bearer, I hereby declare the due payment process officially launched!"

The rally, marked by chants of "CDC Mu...