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Liberia: Rubber Workers Charge Slave-Like Conditions - IPSNews

by Elisabeth Schreinemacher, IPS News
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 15 (IPS) - When Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was elected Africa’s first female head of state and Liberia’s 23rd president in October, she pledged to fight corruption, create jobs and restore electricity and water supplies.
In her acceptance speech, Johnson-Sirleaf announced that her transitional team had begun working toward a new [...]

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