<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Johnson_Sirleaf" id="mwAVg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ellen Johnson Sirleaf">Ellen Johnson Sirleaf</a> is sworn in as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberia" id="mwAVk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Liberia">Liberia</a>'s new <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Liberia" id="mwAVo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="President of Liberia">president</a>. She becomes Africa's first female elected head of state.<sup about="#mwt161" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-29"}}' id="cite_ref-29" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_16#cite_note-29" id="mwAVs" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 29;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAVw">[29]</span></a></sup>
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