...comply with disarmament operations led by the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL). Today there are minor squabbles, but no civil war.

In just over three years, Liberia has proven that it can embrace peace and also reinforce it with free and fair elections. In 2005, it elected Africa's first female Head of State, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. Still, even with this unprecedented political leap, reconstruction cannot depend solely on one leader....

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