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| Liberian president seeks re-election |
| 2010-09-03 |
| (Xinhua) -- Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has declared her intention to seek a second term in office after she was ban from participating in politics in the country for 30 years. The country's lawmakers Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) said in its final report released in June 2009 that the president is a financier and supporter of the country's brutal 14 years civil war, which finally ended in 2003 and followed by a presidential elections that brought her to power in 2005. President Sirleaf who was one of several witnesses that testified before the commission admitted to her involvement in the country's civil crisis. |
| Posted by:Fred |