“MA ELLEN,” it says in the familiar language Liberians often use to describe their president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. “THANKS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND FOR THE PEACE.”Below the words are a portrait of President Sirleaf, her face creased by smile lines, and a series of idyllic scenes – a lush university campus, a tidy hospital, a bridge flanked by palm trees. Since she became the first woman elected president of an African country in 2005, Sirleaf’s accomplishments have been, in many ways, soaring. She presided over a dozen years of peace – no small feat given the more than a dozen years of war that preceded them. Read more of this articleSource: Christian Science Monitor(Visited 17 times, 17 visits today)Commentscomments

Source: GNN Liberia November 04, 2017 14:03 UTC