Liberian incumbent Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will stand in a run-off vote against former diplomat Winston Tubman even if he pulls out of elections.
Nine Liberian opposition parties say they will reject the results of this week’s presidential election, alleging massive fraud.
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/ 14 October 2011
Liberia’s Nobel winner and incumbent president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf took a strong lead over rival Winston Tubman on Friday.
To maintain Liberia’s presidency, Nobel laureate Ellen Sirleaf must join forces with a man who ordered troops to cut off the ears of a former leader.
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/ 14 October 2011
They call her Ma Ellen, a fond nickname for Africa’s most powerful woman. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf.
Liberia is tallying votes in a presidential poll that has had the incumbent, Nobel laureate Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, fighting for her political life.
Liberia buzzed with election fever as Nobel laureates, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and women’s activist Leymah Gbowee took to the streets.
Three women who have campaigned for rights and an end to violence in Liberia and Yemen, including Liberia’s president, have won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Liberia will hold a constitutional referendum on Tuesday to determine the country’s readiness for its second post-war election.
After years of furthering her family’s tradition of activism, Yemisi Ransome-Kuti decided to take her struggle to the campaign trail.
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/ 26 January 2010
Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Africa’s first woman president, has announced she will run for re-election next year.
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Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai declared himself the clear winner on Saturday of a presidential election and accused Robert Mugabe’s ruling party of preparing for a "war" against the people. "The result is known, that the Movement for Democratic Change [MDC] won the presidential and parliamentary election," Tsvangirai said.
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/ 17 December 2007
Since becoming president of Liberia last year, it’s been my mission to empower women in all aspects of government and society. But I can’t help to empower them if they die from a disease that is now within our reach to stop. Today, we have a historic opportunity to save 250 000 women every year by eradicating cervical cancer, writes Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf , the president of Liberia.
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/ 21 September 2007
Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma on Friday embarked on his first foreign trip since taking office this week, heading to neighbouring Guinea and Liberia to promote ties damaged by more than a decade of war. The former insurance executive was sworn in on Monday within hours of being declared winner of a run-off election.