Ellen Johns Sirleaf Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/ellen-johns-sirleaf/ The low down on African affairs Sun, 29 Mar 2020 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Ellen Johns Sirleaf Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/ellen-johns-sirleaf/ 32 32 Africa’s first elected woman president is confident COVID 19 can be defeated https://jjcornish.com/2020/03/africas-first-elected-woman-president-is-confident-covid-19-can-be-defeated/ Sun, 29 Mar 2020 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2020/03/africas-first-elected-woman-president-is-confident-covid-19-can-be-defeated/ Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who led Liberia through the EBOLA virus that killed 5 000 of her compatriots, says the COVID 19 pandemic calls for another show of international solidarity. Africa’s first elected woman president, who stepped down four years ago, recognizes the errors in the initial response to coronavirus because they replicate the mistakes made […]

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]]> Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who led Liberia through the EBOLA virus that killed 5 000 of her compatriots, says the COVID 19 pandemic calls for another show of international solidarity.

Africa’s first elected woman president, who stepped down four years ago, recognizes the errors in the initial response to coronavirus because they replicate the mistakes made when EBOLA hit West Africa in 2014 and killed more than 11 000 people.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says her 12 years at the helm in Liberia – and particularly dealing with EBOLA – taught her that the crisis can only be saved with courage and concerted action.

The United Nations World Health Organisation, the United States government and her counterparts the Guinea and Sierra Leone defeated EBOLA together.

She’s confident that with solidarity, COVID 19 will also be beaten

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]]> No new date for Liberia’s delayed run-off election https://jjcornish.com/2017/11/no-new-date-liberias-delayed-run-off-election/ Mon, 06 Nov 2017 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2017/11/no-new-date-liberias-delayed-run-off-election/ No new date’s been given for the Liberian run-off presidential election scheduled for today but delayed when the Supreme Court ordered an investigation into alleged irregularities in last month’s poll. Continental and regional partners have been called in to mediate. Football star George Weah won Liberia’s presidential election to fill the seat vacated by Africa’s […]

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]]> No new date’s been given for the Liberian run-off presidential election scheduled for today but delayed when the Supreme Court ordered an investigation into alleged irregularities in last month’s poll.

Continental and regional partners have been called in to mediate.

Football star George Weah won Liberia’s presidential election to fill the seat vacated by Africa’s first elected woman President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

But he does not have an outright majority, so today’s run-off was scheduled with Joseph Boakai.

Boakai has supported third-placed Charles Brumskine’s allegations of electoral fraud.

The Supreme Court has ordered the electoral commission urgently and expeditiously to investigate these claims.

Meanwhile the country remains in limbo until a new run-off date can be determined.

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