Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

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…

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.