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(AFP) – 2 hours ago

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

MONROVIA — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has thrown her support behind Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf's bid for re-election in presidential polls next year, she said in a statement Thursday.

"I was delighted to hear that Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said she will stand for re-election," Clinton told a meeting of state department employees, marking her first year in office, according to a press release issued here.

Clinton praised Sirleaf for her role in combating gender violence, and the creation of special programs for the protection of women and children affected by violence during 14 years of brutal civil wars.

Sirleaf, Africa's first woman president, announced Tuesday she would run for re-election, despite previously promising to serve only one term, in a change of heart that a government spokesman attributed to her successes in office.

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