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Liberia: Fighting for Liberia's Future – One Issue at a Time
allAfrica, 9 December 2013
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Fighting for Liberia's Future – One Issue at a Time
Turning around a country after 25 years of conflict and civil war is a demanding process - as is building democractic institutions, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says in her latest interview with AllAfrica. In the remaining four years she has in office, she hopes to help lead the country to where "clear, completely conclusive" progress "would be irreversible".
Liberia is again becoming an iron ore exporter, as ArcelorMittal creates hundreds of jobs.
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Liberia: Convincing the World 'Liberia Is Back' - Foreign Minister Ngafuan
allAfrica, 4 March 2014
Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan has been involved in Liberian politics since student days during his country's long period of conflict and civil strife in the 1990s. President Ellen… Read more »
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9 December 2013
AllAfrica Exclusive: Liberia's President Sirleaf on Power
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After attending the Africa-Arab Summit in Kuwait, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf visited Dubai, where she sat down with AllAfrica's Tami ... see more »
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9 December 2013
AllAfrica Exclusive: Liberia's President Sirleaf on Land
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After attending the Africa-Arab Summit in Kuwait, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf visited Dubai, where she sat down with AllAfrica's Tami ... see more »
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9 December 2013
AllAfrica Exclusive: Liberia's President Sirleaf On Oil
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After attending the Africa-Arab Summit in Kuwait, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf visited Dubai, where she sat down with AllAfrica's Tami ... see more »
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9 December 2013
AllAfrica Exclusive: Liberia's Sirleaf On Free Speech
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After attending the Africa-Arab Summit in Kuwait, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf visited Dubai, where she sat down with AllAfrica's Tami ... see more »
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Liberia: Oil 'Protected for Next Generation' - Robert Sirleaf
allAfrica, 1 October 2013
When President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf appointed her son Robert Sirleaf to chair the board of the National Oil Company of Liberia (Nocal), there were cries of nepotism and… Read more »
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Liberia: Energy, Regional Integration Will Fuel Growth - Finance Minister
allAfrica, 31 May 2013
Amara Konneh has been the chief coordinator of Liberia's development strategy since his appointment as Planning and Economic Affairs Minister in 2008, a role he continued after… Read more »
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Liberia: Liberia to Benefit 20 Electricity Projects
New Dawn, 6 December 2013
The Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy has outlined plans for the implementation of 20 electricity or power projects across the country with some already ongoing while others are… Read more »
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Africa: The MCC - Will Simplicity Destroy Credibility?
Brookings, 18 November 2013
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Board of Directors faces a critical decision next month: it must determine whether to continue certain countries' eligibility for grants… Read more »
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Africa: Closing the Gap - Meet Aims to End Extreme Poverty
allAfrica, 21 February 2013
When 17-year-old Sona Traore represented the Child Protection Network of Liberia at a civil society event organized in conjunction with a three-day United Nations meeting in this… Read more »
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President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says her first six-year term focused on stabilization, and the second is now devoted to transformation, with emphases on energy and food security. Read more »
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In a briefing to the UN Security Council, Karin Landgren, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, has said that Liberia transformed itself from a failed state to one that ... Read more »
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In an interview with allAfrica, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf - who is in the early months of her second term - says her administration has identified four areas for initiatives ... Read more »
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President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says her term has been marked by a sharp reduction in child mortality and improved education, but many challenges remain. Read more »
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Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is in Washington this week with a message that the countrys post-conflict recovery, while still fragile, can become self-sustaining within ... Read more »
