Monrovia, Liberia: Liberia's election commission published Thursday a preliminary list of candidates for October's legislative election, with women accounting for only 15 percent of nominees despite efforts for a 30-percent quota.

Only 159 of the 1,030 people nominated to the West African country's Senate and House of Representatives are women, the National Elections Commission (NEC) announced.

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