The United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Monuc) says harassment and arbitary arrests have disrupted the election campaign as the troubled Central African country edges closer to its first multiparty polls in 45 years on July 30.
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/ 16 January 2006
Thousands of women from all over the continent travelled to celebrate not only the inauguration on Monday of Liberia’s 23rd president, but also, more importantly, to witness the installation of Africa’s first-ever elected female leader, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, who is expected to announce her Cabinet later this week.
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/ 3 November 2005
The youthful George Weah and rival presidential candidate and grandmother Ellen Sirleaf-Johnson have made their obvious differences a cornerstone of their campaigns in the race for the November 8 run-offs towards Liberia’s top job. The 39-year-old soccer millionaire Weah is revered by most of Liberia’s youth.