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 MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - Liberia's president elect pledged to unite her war-battered country when she takes office Monday and earn the trust of international donors whose aid is crucial to rebuilding it.
Liberia knew little but violence from 1989 to 2003, when a peace accord sent then-President Charles Taylor into exile and ushered in a transitional government backed by 15,000 U.N. peacekeepers. Many are hoping Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's election will mark an end to the West African nation's violent past.
"Our challenge in our country is first and foremost the challenge of peace and security," Sirleaf said, addressing a forum of West African women in the capital, Monrovia.
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