When it opened its doors in 1960, the Ducor was one of a few five-star hotels in Africa, boasting a night club and air-conditioned rooms, according to travel guides
Women in Africa should not be viewed as having ‘special negotiating skills’. Instead, we should motivate for more women in leadership positions because of their equality as citizens
Graça Machel is the example of someone reaching out to other women and lifting them up
Mandela served only one term as president. Other African leaders must learn from him
Liberians are asking why the government has failed to prosecute those responsible for atrocities committed during Liberia’s two civil wars
‘In its history, only three women heads of state have been represented at the AU’
As a West African, the symbolism of Johnson-Sirleaf winning this important prize after four years without a winner is endless
Has the Ibrahim Prize set the bar too high for its own good?
The new president must also look to his own government to make wholesale changes that will benefit the country more broadly.
A peaceful transition of power in Liberia is cause for optimism but major challenges lie ahead for Liberia’s president-elect George Weah
Idolised in Liberia as ‘Mister George’, Weah is set to replace Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who in 2006 took over the country founded by freed US slaves.
Weah will face Vice President Joseph Boakai on December 26 in a presidential run-off, the culmination of 12 years spent building political credibility
The departure of UN peacekeepers may be a bigger change than the election of a new leader
‘Tuesday was a statement that Liberia has resolutely chosen democracy, and a statement that Liberia insists on marching forward,’ says the author
Liberians go to the polls on Tuesday to elect a new president after 12 years under Africa’s first elected female leader, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
Interview: Liberia’s ruling party’s presidential candidate is vying for the presidency amid a major dispute with outgoing President Sirleaf.
Liberia is heading to the polls on October 10 with twenty candidates on the ballot paper
The international media and her supporters continue to hoist Johnson Sirleaf up as the matron of African women’s rights. But does she deserve it?
Africa’s first female president reflects on her legacy in an interview with the Mail & Guardian
Even though aid is coming in slower than hoped, Liberia’s leader says she sees a decline in the crisis that has claimed 3 900 in West Africa.
Liberia and the UN have inaugurated the first justice and security hub, enhancing efforts to extend these services to neglected areas of the country.
Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has suspended her son and 45 government officials for not declaring their assets to anti-graft authorities.
Liberia’s Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has been sworn in during a lavish ceremony and called for reconciliation after her re-election in disputed polls.
Liberia’s President and Africa’s first female head of state, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has said that she was eager to see a woman in the White House.
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Despite boasting Africa’s first female president and a Nobel prize for women’s rights, Liberia’s women are still vulnerable to the threat of rape.
Liberia’s Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has appointed a nun to probe a pre-poll shooting incident as results are set to confirm her divisive re-election.
Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is hardly celebrating her impending election victory that secures her a second term in office as president.
Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf will seek to reunite the country by forming a government that includes her rivals, if she wins the polls.
Polling opened in Liberia’s disputed presidential runoff on Tuesday, one day after several opposition supporters were killed amid a boycott protest.
Liberia’s main opposition leader has called for a boycott of Tuesday’s presidential runoff in a move that threatens to rob the election of legitimacy.
Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has called on voters to ignore a poll boycott ordered by her rival, saying the move is illegal.
An ex-warlord has announced that he will support Nobel laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Liberia’s run-off election to win a second term as president.