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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

A photo of a bin of used syringes inside a trailer.
COVID-19
Pandemic report: ‘We are not short on recommendations. We are short on action.’
Ellen Sirleaf wears a grey headwrap and robe as she speaks to a man in a blue suit.
Global Politics
Liberia’s Ellen Sirleaf: Women’s icon with nerves of steel
People wait to vote during the presidential election at a polling station of Duport Road in Monrovia, Liberia, Oct. 10, 2017.
Global Politics
Former warlords are among the Liberians vying to be the next head of state
Tawakul Karman set to receive Nobel Peace Prize
Liberia reacts to President’s Nobel Peace Prize
Will Nobel Prize winner lose Liberian election?
2011 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to women activists
Health & Medicine
‘A Better World for Mothers’: Leading African Women Contemplate the New Year
Conflict & Justice
Female Circumcision Temporarily Stopped in Liberia
TED Talks: Nobel-Laureate Leymah Gbowee on Peace in Liberia, and the World
Conflict & Justice
US Policy Sparks Anti-Gay Attacks in Liberia
A Look Into the History of Light
My Conversation with the Iron Lady of Africa
Global Politics
Monrovia Protest Turns Deadly Ahead of Liberia’s Presidential Run-off
Global Politics
Despite Nobel Prize, Sirleaf’s Re-Election Not Guaranteed
Global Politics
Reaction From Liberia on Nobel Prize
Top of the Hour: Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Three Women, Morning Headlines
Arts, Culture & Media
Three women awarded Nobel Peace Prize
Arts, Culture & Media
Sheryl WuDunn on this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winners
Nobel Peace Prize Shared Between Three Women
Global Politics
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf — ‘Ma Ellen’ — and her Liberian Presidential Re-election Bid
Arts, Culture & Media
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