Africa now has three female heads of state, after Catherine Samba-Panza of the Central African Republic took office in January.
Though women leaders are still a rarity in African politics, activists say things are improving as women break into the "boys club" of the African presidency.
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, or "Ma Ellen," was the first woman to be elected president, in 2005, as the country emerged from 13 years of brutal civil war.
Joyce Banda became president
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