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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's Liberia legacy
Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was the first female to be elected as the head of an African state. Although she was popular abroad, Sirleaf began to lose support at home, especially after the Ebola outbreak in 2013.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's Liberia legacy
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf answers questions from the press at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Monrovia, Liberia, November 10, 2011. / AP Archive