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02/03/2006:

"Liberian president dismisses all staff at finance ministry"

President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, who came to power pledging to tackle corruption, has sacked the entire staff of Liberia's finance ministry.

Weeks after taking over from a postwar transitional government, Africa's first elected female president went to the ministry to deliver the news personally. Ms Johnson-Sirleaf, a former finance minister, said all the dismissed employees would be allowed to reapply for their jobs, but called on those involved in graft to "disappear."
guardian.co.uk