Monrovia (Liberia) – In about two weeks after she won the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize, Forbes Magazine, one of the most influential business publications in the United States, named President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia as the most “powerful woman on the African continent.” The Magazine, in its maiden Africa issue, lists the Liberian leader… Continue reading Africa’s Most Powerful Woman- Ellen
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Three women Win Nobel Peace Prize
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded jointly to three women – Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen. They were recognised for their “non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work”. Mrs Sirleaf is Africa’s first female elected… Continue reading Three women Win Nobel Peace Prize