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.

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 ...

The authors of the new report zeroed in on the uneven distribution of vaccines around the world as one of the major hurdles to overcome. By Adeel Hassan Rewarding the nation for detecting and ...

On Nov. 23, 2005, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was elected president of Liberia, becoming Africa’s first democratically elected ...

This is a significant year for people who believe in the limitless power of transcendent leadership to change the world. It is the 70th anniversary of the death of India's Ghandi, 50th of America's ...

With 80 percent of the vote counted, former finance minister Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has shown a significant lead in Liberia's runoff vote for president. The party of opponent George Weah is making ...

If there’s one thing that can ensure continuous economic, political, and social equality and inclusion for women across the African continent, it’s changing the narrative. “We need to have ownership ...

She has said to him, according to reports, that she is not going to hand him the presidency, and he will have to work for it. "We're asking her -- the Unity Party is her party, it's the party that ...