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President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (L) shakes hands with with Reuters journalist Axel Threlfall after a newsmakers interview in Washington, May 17, 2013. President of Liberia Ellen Johnson
President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf departs after after a newsmakers interview onstage with Reuters in Washington, May 17, 2013. President of Liberia Ellen Johnson
President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf makes a point during an onstage newsmakers interview with Reuters journalist Axel Threlfall in Washington, May 17, 2013. President of Liberia Ellen Johnson
British Prime Minister David Cameron and Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleafat, prepare for the second day of the meeting of the High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, at United Nations headquarters, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. British Prime Minister David Camero
This picture shows a view of the city centre of Monrovia the capital of Liberia 03 October 2005. The country has been crippled by 14 years of civil war, there is no running water or electricity and the unemployment rate is arround 97%. Elections scheduled for 11 October 2005 are to put an end to the political transition process led by President Charles Gyude Wade, who took office in October 2003, two months after the end of 14 years of civil war and the departure into exile of former President Charles Taylor. This picture shows a view of the ci
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - MARCH 21: Crown Prince Willem Alexander of The Netherlands and President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf attend the opening of the World Water Conference at Peace Palace on March 21, 2013 in The Hague, Netherlands. THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - MARCH 21:
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - MARCH 21: Crown Prince Willem Alexander of The Netherlands, President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Melanie Schultz van Haegen and Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment attend the opening of the World Water Conference at Peace Palace on March 21, 2013 in The Hague, Netherlands. THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - MARCH 21:
Dutch Crown Prince Willem Alexander, right, and Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, left, arrive for the official opening of the two-day Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on Water, at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday March 21, 2013. The two day dialogue for World Water Day, is a highlight for 2013 being declared International Year of Water Cooperation, with high-level representatives from governments, business and the United Nations to discuss the importance of water for worldwide peace and sustainable development. Dutch Crown Prince Willem Alexander
Princess Maxima of the Netherlands waits for President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia at the Villa Eikenhorst in Wassenaar March 20, 2013. Princess Maxima of the Netherlands
Princess Maxima of the Netherlands (C) looks on as President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (R) of Liberia leaves the Villa Eikenhorst in Wassenaar March 20, 2013. Princess Maxima of the Netherlands
GRAPHIC CONTENT A Nigerian soldier (l) from the Nigerian-led West Afican peacekeeping force ECOMOG looks, 07 May 1996 at the checkpoint on Benson street in downtown Monrovia, at the head of an ethnic Krahn, caught 06 may 1996 by Liberian fighters loyal to Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL). GRAPHIC CONTENT A Nigerian soldier
A rebel of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) wearing a helmet and a traditional outfit holds a rifle while patrolling 30 April 1990 in the border village of Buchanan-Tapeta. In December 1989 an armed insurrection by rebel forces began in the north-eastern border region of Nimba County. In early 1990 several hundred death ensued in fighting between the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) and rebels, who claimed to be members of a hitherto unknown opposition group the NPFL, led by a former government official, Charles Taylor. A rebel of the National Patriotic F
President of Guinea Alpha Conde (R) and his Liberian counterpart Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (2nd L) walk on March 10,2013 at the Conakry airport before their meeting in Conakry. President Alpha Conde meets his counterparts from Ivory Coast, Liberia and Sierra Leone, as Guinea battles unrest linked to legislative elections in May. President of Guinea Alpha Conde (R)
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 07: Her Excellency Marjon V. Kamara, Ambassador of the Republic of Liberia to the United Nations and chair of the Commission on the Status of Women, spoke about ending violence against women at the 2nd Avon Communications Awards at the United Nations Headquarters on March 7, 2013 in New York City. NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 07: Her Excel
FILE In this June 1, 2011 file photo, soldiers allied with President Alassane Ouattara walk through a deserted remote campsite along the forest track leading from Blolequin, Ivory Coast toward western Ivory's Coast border with Liberia. Two years after the country's deadly postelection conflict, only supporters of former president Laurent Gbagbo have been charged for crimes, although it is widely acknowledged that abuses were committed on both sides. Meanwhile, violence continues to be inflicted with impunity on some Gbagbo supporters, preventing reconciliation in the country, according to a report issued Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013 by Amnesty International. FILE In this June 1, 2011 file phot
Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf arrives for a West African regional bloc ECOWAS summit on the crisis in Mali and Guinea Bissau, at Fondation Felix Houphouet Boigny in Yamoussoukro February 27, 2013. Liberia's President Ellen Johnson S
Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (L), Sierra Leone's Ernest Bai Koromah (C) and Gambia's Yahya Jammeh stand at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny fundation in Yamoussoukro on Febuary 27, 2013 after the opening ceremony of the ECOWAS ordinary summit. West African nations will need aid worth $950 million (715 million euros) to sustain and reinforce a military mission to help fight Islamists in Mali, Ivory Coast's Foreign Minister Charles Koffi Diby said today. Liberia's President Ellen Johnson S
Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (L) speaks with President of Gambia Yahya Jammeh (R) after a West African regional bloc ECOWAS summit on the crisis in Mali and Guinea Bissau, at Fondation Felix Houphouet Boigny in Yamoussoukro February 27, 2013. Liberia's President Ellen Johnson S
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia leaves on Febuary 27, 2013 the Felix Houphouet-Boigny foundation in Yamoussoukro after the opening ceremony of the ECOWAS ordinary summit. West African nations claim they will need aid worth $950 million (715 million euros) to sustain and reinforce a military mission to help fight Islamists in Mali. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of
(From L) The Presidents Ellen Johnson Sireaf of Liberia, Alassane Ouattara of Ivory Coast and Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso attend on Febuary 27, 2013 an ordinary summit of ECOWAS at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Fundation in Yamoussoukro. West African nations will need aid worth $950 million (715 million euros) to sustain and reinforce a military mission to help fight Islamists in Mali. (From L) The Presidents Ellen Johns
Guinean Army officers and French and US military attaches attend a ceremony on February 12, 2013 upon the arrival of the coffin of Guinean Army chief of staff, General Souleymane Kelefa Diallo, at an air base outside Conakry, where the victims of the February 11, 2013 plane crash in the Liberian town of Charlesville were repatriated. A plane carrying a military delegation from Guinea crashed on February 11 in Charlesville, killing the army chief of staff and 10 other people. The plane was carrying the delegation to attend an armed forces day in Liberia, which holds ceremonies each year to recognize its military and often invites officers from neighbouring countries, including Guinea. Guinean Army officers and French an
Rescue team members work on the rubble of a plane carrying a military delegation from Guinea that crashed today in the Liberian town of Charlesville, killing the army chief of staff and 10 other people. The plane was carrying the delegation to attend an armed forces day in Liberia, which holds ceremonies each year to recognise its military and often invites officers from neighbouring countries, including Guinea. Rescue team members work on the rub
Rescue workers inspect the wreckage of a military plane that crashed near Monrovia, Liberia, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Eleven bodies were pulled from the debris, with Guinea's army chief of staff and top military officers among its passengers, officials said Monday. Rescue workers inspect the wreckage
Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (L) and Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron hold a news conference after a meeting at the Royal Hotel in Monrovia February 1, 2013. Cameron is in Liberia to attend a UN meeting which he is jointly chairing with Sirleaf and Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. The meeting is looking at new targets after the Millennium Development Goals expire in 2015. Liberia's President Ellen Johnson S
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (L) and Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (2nd L) visit a market in Monrovia February 1, 2013. Cameron is in Liberia to attend a UN meeting which he is jointly chairing with Sirleaf and Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. The meeting is looking at new targets after the Millennium Development Goals expire in 2015. Britain's Prime Minister David Came
British Prime Minister David Cameron, left, and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, second left, greet women and children as they visit a market in Monrovia, Liberia Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. Cameron was in Liberia Friday to help co-chair the United Nations High Level Panel, which was meeting to discuss how to tackle poverty after the 2015 target date for the Millennium Development Goals. British Prime Minister David Camero
British Prime Minister David Cameron, right, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, center, and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono co-chair a meeting of the United Nations High Level Panel in Monrovia, Liberia, Friday Feb. 1, 2013. The U.N. panel was meeting to discuss how to tackle poverty after the 2015 target date for the Millennium Development Goals. British Prime Minister David Camero
Britain Prime Minister David Cameron receives a gift from a Liberian girl as he arrives at Roberts international airport in Monrovia , Liberia. January 31, 2013. Britain Prime Minister David Camero
Liberia Vice President Joseph Nyumah Boakai walks next to Britain Prime Minister David Cameron (R) as he arrives at Roberts international airport in Monrovia, Liberia January 31, 2013. Liberia Vice President Joseph Nyuma
Britain Prime Minister David Cameron arrives at Roberts international airport in Monrovia , Liberia January 31, 2013. Britain Prime Minister David Camero