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Ellen Sirleaf wears a grey headwrap and robe as she speaks to a man in a blue suit.

Liberia’s Ellen Sirleaf: Women’s icon with nerves of steel

Global Politics

Ellen Sirleaf, the first elected president in Liberia who has served two six-year terms, will preside over the country’s first democratic transfer of power since 1944

People wait to vote during the presidential election at a polling station of Duport Road in Monrovia, Liberia, Oct. 10, 2017.

Former warlords are among the Liberians vying to be the next head of state

Global Politics

Will Nobel Prize winner lose Liberian election?

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Despite Nobel Prize, Sirleaf’s Re-Election Not Guaranteed

Global Politics
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf — ‘Ma Ellen’ — and her Liberian Presidential Re-election Bid

Global Politics