President Sirleaf’s interview with IRP Gatekeepers
By Steven Scher | November 20, 2010 | Liberia
The senior editors of the International Reporting Project's Gatekeepers trip to Liberia spent our final day interviewing President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. It was a wide-ranging discussion about rebuilding her war-ravaged country. She was dressed in a blue print traditional Liberian dress, with her trademark Liberian head wrap.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf meets with IRP Gatekeepers
She spent an hour with us in a conference room at the executive office building, answering questions about economic growth, contracts with multinational companies, ethnic tensions and security.
Interview part 1.
President Sirleaf then spoke about her legacy as a President.
Interview part 2.
In the final part of our interview, the president is asked whether renewed violence in the run up to the election could occur.
Interview part 3.
Steven Scher traveled to Liberia this month on an IRP Gatekeeper Editors trip organized by the International Reporting Project (IRP). Read more of his blog posts here.
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