1 Amsterdam Island, French Southern Territories, 11,547 mi. 2  Bantam, Cocos Islands, 11,126 mi. 3  Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia, 10,957 mi. 4  Carnarvon, Western Australia, Australia, 10,949 mi.  Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia, 10,914 mi.
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is stepping down after two terms as Africaâs first democratically elected female president. The National Election Commission announced on Friday that Mr. Weah had won with 61.5 percent of the vote.
A portrait of Kenyaâs new president, Uhuru Kenyatta, right, next to one of the previous president, Mwai Kibaki. Credit Dai Kurokawa/European Pressphoto Agency. NAIROBI, Kenya â Once again, a Kenyatta has taken the reins. On Tuesday, under a brilliant blue sky flecked with a few puffs of crisp white clouds, Uhuru Kenyatta, son of Kenyaâs first president, was sworn in as the nationâs fourth head of state amid a full day of pageantry, with a whoâs who of Africa in attendance.