In early October, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and two other African women, Leymah Gbowee of Liberia and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen. The three were ...

Could the Nobel Peace Prize Hurt Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s Chances at Re-Election Next Week? Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the Liberian president and first female African head of state, was ...

Tokyo 2015 was H. E. Mrs. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia and Nobel Peace Prize Winner. She was without doubt the most historical figure, as Africa’s first ...

For more than a decade, much of Africa has been moving forward. Economic growth is rising, poverty is falling and democratic governance is spreading. But the global financial crisis threatens to undo ...

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is the former President of Liberia, and Africa’s first democratically elected female head of state; Nobel Peace Laureate; a leading promoter of peace, justice, and democratic ...

Liberians have voted to choose a successor to Africa's first elected female president and Nobel Peace laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Ex-football star George Weah and Vice-President Joseph Boakai ...

She, along with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Tawakkul Karman, were awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize “for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation ...