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Spotlight | Liberia
George Weah takes on Mittal over the future of the country's iron mines, railways

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Liberian President George Weah.
Liberian President George Weah. © Thierry Gouegnon/Reuters

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Liberia's president wants to restore his country's balance of power with the global steel giant ArcelorMittal. Mining magnate Robert Friedland is throwing his support behind George Weah with an ambitious project that would let his own iron be exported through the state from Guinea.

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