Ellen Johnson Sirleaf became Africa's first female president in 2005, two years after the end of a brutal 14-year conflict.

She was re-elected in November 2011 in a poll marred by a low turn-out and a boycott by her main rival.

Winston Tubman pulled out of the second round of the presidential race, saying the vote had been rigged. He said he would not cooperate with Ms Johnson-Sirleaf's government, raising the prospect that her initiatives could be slowed in a hung parliament where her Unity Party failed to win a majority.

MONROVIA, March 20 (LINA) -Following three postponements of the trial of the suspected mercenaries due to lack of jurors, the Criminal Court ''D'' at the Temple of Justice in Monrovia has finally selected nine jurors for trial of the case.

MONROVIA, July 30 (LINA)-The Leadership of the 53^rd National Legislature has begun taking preventive measures to avoid the spread of the Ebola Virus among employees of the first branch of Government.

The Liberian Legislature has requested the Executive to re-enforce the moratorium on all hunting activities until the country is free of the deadly Ebola virus.

MONROVIA, March 20 (LINA) -The Plenary of the House of Representatives has endorsed recommendations by the Joint Committee on Public Works and Contracts and Monopolies calling for a halt to further payments of money to the SEK Liberia Incorporated.

(MONROVIA LIBERIA – Tuesday, April 7, 2015) As Government works to achieve its goals over the remaining years of the administration, there is need for strategic changes in the administration.

The Government of Liberia is grateful to the World Bank Group and its partners for the conduct of a successful donors meeting on the margins of the Spring Meetings leading to the

1. Over the past several months, we have been told that UNMIL will be leaving by June 2016 and that the Government of Liberia will assume full responsibility for the security apparatus