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Liberia's President: Ebola Re-Energized Her Downtrodden Country

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Liberia's President: Ebola Re-Energized Her Downtrodden Country

March 2, 2015 • In an exclusive interview, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf remembers how Liberia was "the poster child of everything that could go wrong." But people lived up to the local proverb: "Go fix it."

Liberia's President: Ebola Re-Energized Her Downtrodden Country

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Liberian President's Ambitious Goal: No New Ebola Cases By Christmas

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Liberian President's Ambitious Goal: No New Ebola Cases By Christmas

December 5, 2014 • President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf hopes to have no new Ebola cases by Dec. 25. But with the virus popping up in remote places and crossing over from neighboring countries, the battle is far from over.

Liberian President's Ambitious Goal: No New Ebola Cases By Christmas

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