President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton traveled to Liberia to support President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Africa's only female president.

How hard is it to elect a female head of state? Liberians made it look easy.

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Liberian women united behind the candidacy of a 60-something grandmother to lead their war-ravaged nation.

How hard is it to elect a female head of state? Liberians made it look easy.
Residents who were in an Ebola quarantine area complain to a security officer as they wait for their relatives to bring them food and essentials, in West Point, Monrovia, on August 23, 2014.

It's not just the US — Liberian officials are rethinking Ebola quarantines

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It's not just the US — Liberian officials are rethinking Ebola quarantines