• Voters in Liberia are choosing today who will succeed Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the first democratically elected female president in Africa.

Women in the country are worried that their newfound gains will be lost, as a man will almost certainly become the country’s next leader.

In Monrovia, the capital, candidates have been handing out cash, food and gifts to woo voters. Our correspondent, who left Liberia as a 13-year-old refugee, met some voters who have learned to game the system, extracting as much as possible out of politicians.

“They used to fool us, so now we fool them,” a motorcycle driver told her.

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