MONROVIA, Liberia — Construction crews are hard at work at fixing up this country’s Executive Mansion, the enormous and historic edifice that is supposed to be home to whoever wins the presidential elections. The place, as any Liberian will tell you, is both haunted and jinxed. I’m from Liberia, so I should know. No president who has slept at the Mansion for any extended period has come to a decent end. Spirits are said to roam the hallways, while the applause of ghosts can be heard late at night, as if clapping at the end of a speech.

Source: New York Times October 29, 2017 20:37 UTC