http://www.metafilter.com/tags/sirleaf Posts tagged with 'sirleaf' at MetaFilter. Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:47:41 -0800 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:47:41 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/74358/First%2Damong%2Dequals The Economist issues <a href="http://www.economist.com/world/mideast-africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11975480&fsrc=rss">a glowing report</a> on efforts made by <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4395978.stm">Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf</a>, the first <a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1187159,00.html">woman</a> in Africa to become a <a href="http://smwf.org/">democratically elected</a> head of state, at <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4615334.stm">the halfway mark</a> through her <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Johnson-Sirleaf">presidency of Liberia</a>. Already considered '<a href="http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=E_Sirleaf_pretoria_ZA_07">my hero</a>' among <a href="http://www.fijilive.com/news_new/index.php/news/show_news/7779">the young</a>, her determination, <a href="http://www.blogher.com/honoring-work-ellen-johnson-sirleaf-first-female-president-liberia-and-future-women-leaders-everywhe">her</a> resolve and her <a href="http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/detail/9927.html">unstinting efforts</a> to bring peace and <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/24/AR2008072403461.html?hpid=moreheadlines">economic</a> <a href="http://thenews.com.lr/story.php?record_id=3807&sub=News">development</a> to her nation are an <a href="http://www.mtvu.com/on_mtvu/stand_in/ellen_johnson.jhtml">unexpectedly</a> <a href="http://www.cfr.org/publication/10268/conversation_with_ellen_johnsonsirleaf_audio.html">welcome counterpoint</a> to <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4665478a22409.html">the usual</a> '<a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/200808081005.html">war</a>, <a href="http://thenews.com.lr/story.php?record_id=3814&sub=News">famine</a>, <a href="http://liberiabroadcastingsystem.com/news/article_2008_08_18_3855.html">disease</a>, <a href="http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnBAN331074.html">corruption</a>' stories that <a href="http://www.theliberiandialogue.org/articles/c081808tws.htm">tend to emerge</a> from<a href="http://www.frostillustrated.com/full.php?sid=3896"> her continent</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.74358 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:47:41 -0800 africa bravo ellenjohnsonsirleaf liberia president sirleaf infini