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Africa: Subsaharan |
Campaigning Begins in Liberia |
2005-08-31 |
![]() Weah's star power has attracted a media spotlight, along with a front-runner designation in some reports. But Sirleaf has leveraged her extensive international contacts and her support from women to garner considerable backing at home and abroad. In addition, vigorous campaign efforts are being mounted by a number of other contenders, including Charles Brumskine, a former Senate leader; Winston Tubman, a former minister of justice who served until earlier this year as the United Nations Special Representative for Somalia; Nathaniel Barnes, a former finance minister; and Sekou Conneh, leader of one of the armed factions that helped drive Taylor from office in 2003. |
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