Liberian president unveils first cabinet-post picks
Newly inaugurated President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf today unveiled her first nominations for Cabinet-level positions in Liberia’s post-war elected government, tapping a female international banker to be her economy minister.
On her first full day in office, Africa’s first-ever elected female head of state also met foreign dignitaries and addressed a group of traditional leaders, calling on the war-ruined country’s elders to educate their young.
