October 10, 2005. Former US President Jimmy Carter and former President of Benin Nicephore Soglo stand together at a press conference regarding the elections at Monrovia, Liberia on Monday, Oct. 10, 2005. Former US President Jimmy Carter and former President of Benin Nicephore Soglo stand together at a press conference regarding the elections at Monrovia, Liberia on Monday, Oct. 10, 2005. They are part of an international observer delegation for Tuesdays presidential elections, the first since Liberia's nearly uninterrupted 14 years of crisis ended in 2003.