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02.05.2006 05:16 Age: 6 yrs

Oprah to Showcases Liberia

Talk show queen and billionaire Oprah Winfrey plans to focus the worlds attention on Liberia by highlighting the plight of women and children of the war ravaged country.


Oprah Winfrey

Winfrey plans to place Liberia on the front burner of donor and philanthropist organizations to help the women and children of Africa's poorest country.

On an up coming show sometime this month Winfrey's guest will be Liberia's president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and Queen Noor of Jordan.

The show is expected to show the plight of Liberia's 3 million war-dispossessed and despondent citizens.

Winfrey is a big contributor and supporter of women and children causes at home and in Africa, where she has build schools and donated to various causes.