MONROVIA -- When former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf called Monrovia "filthy" on a popular radio program in late April, she was not saying anything that hundreds of thousands of residents do not ...

Bookended by appearances from Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the first woman president of any African country, and Vice President Kamala Harris, the GBEF summit kicked off with a message of empowering women.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Africa's first female president, is also the first female and fifth ...

According to UN Women, at the current pace, gender equality for Heads of State and governments will not be reached for at least 130 years. The data compiled highlighted that only 15 countries ...

Women in Iran, Liberia, Yemen and Myanmar have been recognized for their activism, occasionally while they were in prison and faced serious personal risk. By Hannah Beech The authors of the new report ...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and former Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf have called for stronger institutions, expanded opportunities for young people and inclusive leadership as key ...

When former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf addressed African auditors in Monrovia this week, her central point cut through years of recycled development language. Liberia's postwar recovery, she said ...

Former President of the Republic of Liberia, Mrs. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has joined the call for more women in elective positions in the sub-region. Johnson Sirleaf also urged the Speaker of the ...

Former Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf has urged public service bodies to absorb more young people. Sirleaf said that is the only way the younger generation can get the voice and space serve. She was ...

Osinbajo led world leaders to Banjul, capital of The Gambia for the inauguration of the new president, Adama Barrow. Acting President of Nigeria Yemi Osinbajo has led the Presidents Of Liberia, Ellen ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has been honoured with the Zambia’s highest award, the Order of the Eagle, by President Hakainde Hichilema in Lusaka, the country’s capital. Also, former Presidents ...

AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh-Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf waves at her home in the city of Monrovia, Liberia, Friday, Oct 7, 2011. Africa’s first democratically elected female president, a ...