Cape Town, Oct 7, SPA -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel left SouthAfrica on Sunday for a brief visit to Liberia before returning homeat the end of a five-day trip to bolster Germany's ties with Africa, reported dpa. Merkel was scheduled to be received by Liberian President EllenJohnson-Sirleaf in Monrovia later Sunday. Liberia is the final stop on a three-nation tour which had startedin Ethiopia in what is Merkel's first extended trip to Africa sincebecoming chancellor last year.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/488703