Liberia suspends election campaign on eligibility row

Liberia's Supreme Court suspended campaigning for the Oct. 11 presidential election on Tuesday after a legal challenge to the right of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and five other candidates to run, Reuters quoted an election commission official as saying. "Yes there has been a stay order enforced by the Supreme Court of Liberia," said the official, adding it was imposed after a challenge to the six candidates' eligibility filed by one local party, the Movement for Progressive Change (MPC). "We hope to hear from the Supreme Court on Friday or so -- this stay order will affect the timelines we are working on if it continues for a longer time," the official added.