Tag: Sirleaf
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Jonathan, Sirleaf billed for AFBA conference on ending conflicts in Africa
Former President Goodluck Jonathan will join other former presidents, top lawyers, policymakers, and other stakeholders in the justice sector for the 2021 African Bar Association (AfBA) Annual Conference in Niamey, Republic of Niger. The conference, scheduled to hold between Oct. 3 and 7, 2021 will feature stakeholders from across Africa, Vice Chairman (Nigerian Forum AFBA),…
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I inherited ‘a broke country’ from Sirleaf – George Weah
…renews commitment to fight against corruption President George Weah on Tuesday said he inherited ‘a broke county’ from his successor, Hellen Johnson-Sirleaf. Weah also pledged to fight corruption as he settles down to business as the country’s leader. He revealed this on the first day of an official visit to Paris. The former international football…
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Liberia set for presidential elections as Sirleaf prepares to step down
Voters in the West African nation of Liberia are set to elect a new head of state, as President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf prepares to step down after 12 years in power, an official poll has said on Tuesday. Report says Tuesday’s polls are expected to mark the first time in 73 years that a democratically…
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Ellen Sirleaf: Bye to Fish Market (1) – Tony Iyare
As the twelve-year feisty rule of Liberia’s 24th President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf winds down, the West African country, still reeling from a near two decade civil strife, may yet be enmeshed in the woods, writes TONY IYARE No doubt Liberia’s outgoing President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, 78, who got a Nobel Peace Prize in 2011, will…
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Buhari, other African leaders storm Gambia, pressure Jammeh to step down
President Muhammadu Buhari, his Liberian and Ghanaian counterparts, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and John Mahama, will on Tuesday, leave for Banjul to put diplomatic pressure on President Yahya Jammeh to transfer power to President-elect Adama Barrow. The UN Security Council made the plan known while briefing newsmen after a closed-door meeting by the 15 members on the…
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Buhari, Sirleaf in closed door meeting
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja met with the Liberian President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, behind closed doors. The Liberian president would brief President Buhari on sub-regional security challenges ahead of the 3rd Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa slated for December 5 and 6, the News Agency of Nigeria gathered. President…