Liberia

2010

  
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s first female head of state, is up for reelection in October. (AFP)

In Liberia, needy media strained to cover election campaign

Last week in steamy, rain-soaked Monrovia, anticipation for the World Cup aside, I could already sense the buzz building around presidential elections scheduled for October of 2011. In the coming contest—only the second presidential election since the end of the civil war—Liberians will decide whether to reelect Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s first female head of state, for a second term. Just as…

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2010