Snakes have been found in the office of the Liberian President Mr George Weah, forcing him to work from his private residence.

His Press secretary Mr Smith Toby said last Wednesday two black snakes were found in the foreign affairs ministry building, his official place of work saying that all staff have been directed to stay away until twenty-second April while they do the fumigation.

The office of the president has been based in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since a fire in 2006 gutted the nearby presidential mansion.

Meanwhile, an Indian man has chopped off his index finger in desperation after voting for the wrong party in the country’s ongoing national election.

In a video that has gone viral on social media, Mr Pawan Kumar said he became confused by the symbols on the electronic voting machine and voted for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party instead of its regional rival in Uttar Pradesh State.

Mr Kumar went home and chopped off his finger with a meat cleaver.

Even though votes are cast electronically at polling stations, the index finger of every voter is marked with indelible ink after they cast ballots, to make sure they do not vote again.