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 sworn in as President of Liberia, making her the first African female head of state. Nasa astronaut trapped in space ventures outside for first time in months Warren ...

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 ...

He did that with former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and she bought him time, despite the huge opportunity she had; the opportunity to prosecute war crimes with over 15,000 peacekeepers in ...

Namibia just elected its first female president, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, but before Namibia, many African countries had elected female leaders. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa's first elected female ...