MONROVIA, Nov. 23 (Xinhuanet) -- Harvard-trained Iron Lady Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf on Wednesday was officially declared the winner of Liberia's presidential run-off, giving her a six-year mandate to rebuild a country devastated by fighting for a quarter of a century.

    Frances Johnson-Morris, chairwoman of the National Elections Commission, made the announcement in the Liberian capital Monrovia, despite a probe into charges from Johnson-Sirleaf's rival, former FIFA player of the year George Weah that the run-off was marred with fraud.

    "The official results ... are as follows: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf with 59.4 percent of the vote and George Weah with 40.6 percent of the vote," Johnson-Morris said.

    The former finance minister Johnson-Sirleaf, 67, hereby becomes the first elected female president in Africa. Enditem