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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is the 24th and current President of Liberia. She served as Minister of Finance under President William Tolbert from 1979 until the 1980 coup d'état, after which she left Liberia and held senior positions at various financial institutions. She placed a very distant second in the 1997 presidential election. Later, she was elected President in the 2005 presidential election and took office on 16 January 2006. Sirleaf is the first and currently only elected female head of state in Africa. » Read more on Wikipedia.org

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 WAJA Writes Ellen
2013-05-17
The West African Journalist Association or WAJA has written President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, expressing concern over the reported row between the Press Union of Liberia and the Presidency, which led to a media blackout against the government. WAJA and ...
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  1. Carter, Liberian President Discuss Military Relationship
  2. Liberia's Johnson-Sirleaf defends governance record
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 Thomson Reuters Hosts Newsmaker with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
2013-05-10
WASHINGTON, May 9, 2013 -- /PRNewswire/ -- At a Thomson Reuters Newsmaker to be held on Friday, May 17, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the first female head of state for an African nation and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, will discuss her ...
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  1. Ellen Backs Threat Against Journalists
  2. Thomson Reuters Hosts Newsmaker With Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
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 Liberia denies resource deals violated laws
2013-05-03
According to a draft of the audit obtained by Reuters, almost $8 billion worth of contracts signed by Liberia since 2009 have violated its laws, casting doubt on President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf's anti-graft and good governance efforts. "We did not ...
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  1. Audit: Contracts awarded in Liberia violate law
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 Audit overshadows anti-graft push
2013-05-01
The report is casting doubt on anti-graft and good governance efforts under President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Sirleaf, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, has said the billions of dollars in foreign investment she has drawn since becoming Africa's first freely ...
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  1. Source of Liberia's Revenue - Consumers Tax and, or More Debt
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 President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Visits Oil Palm Development Sites in Sinoe County
2013-04-27
Liberia's President, Her Excellency Ellen Johnson Sirleaf today visited oil palm farms in Sinoe County. Travelling with members of the press, President Johnson Sirleaf made visits to Golden Veroleum Liberia's (GVL) oil palm development sites in Butaw ...
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  1. AFL Promotes Into Retirement and Nominate Senior Officer
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 President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Visits Oil Palm Development Sites in Sinoe County
2013-04-25
Liberia's President, Her Excellency Ellen Johnson Sirleaf today visited oil palm farms in Sinoe County. Travelling with members of the press, President Johnson Sirleaf made visits to Golden Veroleum Liberia's (GVL) oil palm development sites in Butaw ...
(PR Newswire UK (press release))
  1. Ellen Orders Waiver
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 Halting Unprocessed Rubber Export - Prez Sirleaf Issues Executive Order No. 50
2013-04-19
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has issued Executive Order No. 50 placing a moratorium on the exportation of unprocessed natural rubber from Liberia until otherwise ordered. According to an Executive Mansion release, Executive Order No. 50, signed by ...
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  1. Liberia suspends exports of unprocessed rubber
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 Halfway measures
2013-04-16
HLP co-chairs Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during a conference in Nusa Dua on the Bali island on March 27. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, also a co-chair, said all the key areas ...
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    		 Who's Exporting Logs From Sinoe?
    2013-04-16
    Liberia: Who's Exporting Logs From Sinoe? 16 April 2013. Scandal in the management and operation of the Liberian forest sector was essentially the cardinal reason why President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf placed a moratorium on the issuance of new contracts.
    (AllAfrica.com)
    1. Liberia Welcomes Nat'l Geographic Explorer Cruise Ship
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