Gyude Bryant, Liberia’s Sixth Transitional Leader, Dies at 65

The former chairman of Liberia’s last transitional government, who played a pivotal role in guiding the country from civil war to the election of Africa’s first female president, has died. Gyude Bryant died Wednesday at the John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Monrovia after a protracted illness. He was 65. Bryant led Liberia’s sixth interim government from October 2003 to January 2006 as the consensus choice of the three major warring factions -- Liberians United for...

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