Liberia's Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf pledged on Tuesday to step up the fight against unemployment in her West African nation if re-elected later this year, saying in an interview she was confident of securing a second term.
The election is due to be held in either October or November and Johnson-Sirleaf, 72, is likely to come up against rivals including George Weah, the ex-soccer star who took her to a run-off in 2005.
Opponents say Africa's first elected female head of state is too old to run for a new term and has not done enough to stamp out corruption in a country courted by multinationals for its rich mineral reserves and recent oil finds
Read the whole article at Reuters, published 26. July
Liberia's Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf pledged on Tuesday to step up the fight against unemployment in her West African nation if re-elected later this year, saying in an interview she was confident of securing a second term.
The election is due to be held in either October or November and Johnson-Sirleaf, 72, is likely to come up against rivals including George Weah, the ex-soccer star who took her to a run-off in 2005.
Opponents say Africa's first elected female head of state is too old to run for a new term and has not done enough to stamp out corruption in a country courted by multinationals for its rich mineral reserves and recent oil finds
Read the whole article at Reuters, published 26. July