Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

It is all in honour of new President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf...

Liberia's newly-elected President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (AC Vol 46 No 23) must decide whether to recommend that Taylor face trial at the Special Court in Freetown...

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf 67 a former director of the United Nations Development Programme and Vice-President of Citicorp beat her rival ex-soccer star George Manneh Weah with a 20 per cent margin of more than 150 000 votes in the election on 8 November...

In the second round of the presidential election due on 8 November Liberians must choose between ex-AC Milan striker George Manneh Opong Weah and former United Nations Development Programme official and banker Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf...

His camp-followers may not worry the youngsters from the slums but they bother the tiny middle class who much prefer the other leading candidate 66-year old Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf a former senior official of the UN Development Programme and Vice-President of Citicorp and Equator Banks...

The idea seems to be to complete the deal before the election at which the presidential frontrunners George Weah and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf are running on anti-corruption platforms...

Of the five frontrunners - footballer George Weah Charles Brumskine Winston Tubman Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and Varney Sherman - only Sherman has had significant links with Taylor in the past...

Credible mainstream politicians such as Charles Brumskine and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf accept that the UN presence will have to continue for perhaps a year beyond the elections scheduled for October 2005...

Despite his repeated promises to go he didn't appear to be packing his bags though Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf his likely successor was confident after talks in Washington that the necessary pressure would be brought to bear...

Hence the growing interest in Washington in a role for Taylor's long-time political rival Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Liberia's iron lady...