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Ebola Crisis Prompts Suspension of Special Elections in Liberia

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Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has suspended next week’s special senatorial elections. A government statement posted on the foreign ministry’s website said the president’s action is in line with powers given her by both the constitution and the declaration of the Ebola state of emergency. In August this year, National Elections Commission chair Jerome Korkoya wrote both houses of the national legislature recommending an adjustment be made in the October 14 date because...

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