Hans Nichols
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/ 22 January 2006

Liberian leader concerned about Ivorian crisis

Liberia’s new president says it is crucial the crisis in neighbouring war-divided Côte d’Ivoire be resolved soon, adding the conflict there threatens peace in her own country. ”Liberia’s peace is fragile,” Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf said in an interview on Saturday, one of her first since being sworn in Monday as Africa’s first democratically elected female president.