President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the out-going 80-year-old president of the country has served in every government since 1972 when President William. Later, she left for exile in Cote d’Ivoire and returned after the second civil war. Not a few wondered how a politician who was a leader of a violent insurgency which led to a bloody civil war can be termed ‘non-violent’. Like the infamous American House Negro, Sirleaf groveled, begging to allow Liberia host the headquarters of the foreign intervention force. As Sirleaf departs the Presidency of Liberia, I don’t think we in Africa will miss her.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 19, 2018 01:52 UTC