The Morning Call
Liberia’s outgoing President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will step down as Africa’s first female head of state following more than a decade in power.
Although she has said she will actively campaign for the handful of female candidates contesting elections in October, her male vice-president Joseph Boakai seeks to replace her.
We bring you details of this and a special interview we had with him.
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M23 rebels claim control of Uvira in eastern Congo
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100 Nigerian schoolchildren back home after kidnapping
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Mozambique: surge in violence displaces more than 100,000 people
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United Nations decries crackdown on opposition ahead of Ugandan elections
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UN sounds alarm as violence in northern Mozambique forces over 100,000 to flee
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ECOWAS delegation in Guinea-Bissau for talks with coup leaders