Boakai, 79, was giving his acceptance speech on Monday, January 22, 2024, when he stopped suddenly
Newly-elected Liberian president, Joseph Boakai has fainted during his inauguration ceremony.
He was whisked off the podium after suffering “heat-induced faintness.”
Boakai, 79, was giving his acceptance speech on Monday, January 22, 2024, when he stopped suddenly
His aides rallied around him and one fanned him with a piece of paper.
He was later led off the podium in the nation’s capital, Monrovia.
The president’s office said in a statement that Boakai had suffered exhaustion but that doctors had since declared him “perfectly fine.”
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