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February 13, 2008
| Author: | Stephanie Hanson, News Editor |
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Backgrounder
President Bush’s five-country trip to Africa is organized to showcase his policy successes on the continent.
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November 26, 2007
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Joel Strickland and Lloyd Girman of Buchanan Renewable Energies discuss their efforts to develop a domestic fuel industry that powers Liberia.
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January 8, 2007
Daily Analysis
Much attention surrounded the 2006 inauguration of Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s first elected female head of state. After a year in office, there are promising signs of change in Liberia, but many challenges lie ahead.
See more in Civil Reconstruction
January 8, 2007
Podcast
Steven Radelet, senior fellow at the Center for Global Development and economic adviser to Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, discusses Liberia's reconstruction and the economic challenges the country faces.
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December 2006
| Authors: | Dorina Bekoe Christina Parajon |
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Must Read
This report from the US Institute for Peace (USIP) details the first meeting of the Liberia Working Group, in November 2006. The Group was convened to address the major topics in Liberia's peacebuilding efforts, with a view to maintaining international interest, support, and engagement in Liberia to ensure a durable peace following the election of a democratic government led by President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf in November 2005. This briefing highlights the central points of the meeting and panelists' recommendations for the way forward: participants lauded Liberia for its efforts to reform the security sector, the establishment of the truth and reconciliation commission, and strong support from the United States. On the other hand, they raised concerns about the incomplete disarmament process, persistent bias in the media, lagging legal reform, and the continuing fragility of the sub-region.
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May 15, 2006
| Author: | Clarence Page |
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Must Read
In his Chicago Tribune column, Clarence Page has an interesting profile of new Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf – in town to appear on Oprah.
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Updated: March 29, 2006
Daily Analysis
Former Liberian president and strongman Charles Taylor has been taken to Sierra Leone under UN custody to face war crimes proceedings. His case will be watched closely on a continent where predatory leaders are rarely held accountable for their crimes.
See more in International Law
March 21, 2006
| Speaker: | Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President, Republic of Liberia |
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| Presider: | Princeton N. Lyman, Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow and Director for Africa Policy Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
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Listen to Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa's first elected female head of state, speak about the challenges facing her country.
March 21, 2006
| Speaker: | Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of Liberia |
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| Presider: | Princeton N. Lyman, Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow and Director of Africa Policy Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
Transcript
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the first democratically elected female head of state in Africa, discusses her historic victory, the challenges her country faces emerging from years of civil war, and the place of women in government, in a conversation with Princeton Lyman at the 2005-2006 David Rockefeller Lecture.
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