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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton led a conversation on women’s equality with former Australian Prime Minster Julia Gillard and former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. They …

K. Riva Levinson, an international consultant and lobbyist who helped Ellen Johnson Sirleaf win the presidency of Liberia, talked about the role she played in the campaign in both Liberia an…

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf spoke by video conference about the Ebola crisis in Western Africa. She talked about the efforts being made to combat it and said that her country wo…

Current and former presidents spoke about their experiences as women leaders. Among the topics they addressed were leadership challenges in developing nations, foreign aid and assistance pro…

Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf talked about her memoir This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa’s First Woman President (Harper; April 7, 2009). She talked a…

Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf delivered the annual speech honoring former South African President Nelson Mandela. In her speech titled “Behold the New Africa,” she cited economic …

President Bush talked about aid to Liberia in debt relief, assisting in their education efforts, malaria eradication, and the return of the Peace Corps to Liberia. Liberian President Ellen J…

Panelists discussed the possibilities for sustainable growth in Africa. They discussed whether donor countries are meeting their unprecedented commitments for aid and debt relief and what Af…

Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia’s first woman president and Africa’s first elected female head of state, spoke about the accomplishments of her first year in office, the ch…

The International Republican Institute presented Mrs. Laura Bush and Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf with the 2006 Freedom Award for their dedication to the advancement of freedom a…

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s first democratically elected female head of state, talked about her plans for helping post-conflict Liberia move forward, including her vie…

At a photo opportunity in the Oval Office President Bush and President Johnson-Sirleaf spoke to reporters about U.S.-Liberia relations and the future of democracy in Liberia.

Following her meeting with President Bush, President Johnson-Sirleaf spoke to reporters outside the White House about the future of Liberia. She also answered questions from the reporters.

Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf addressed a Joint Meeting of Congress. In her remarks she talked about the special relationship between the U.S. and Liberia, development and securit…

Ms. Johnson-Sirleaf talked about her candidacy, through the Unity Party, to become the next president of Liberia and U.S. policy toward Africa. She discussed how the country will be able to …

As part of its annual legislative conference, members of the Congressional Black Caucus and others gathered to discussed several conflicts in Africa. One panel focused on the recent unrest i…

Amnesty International USA sponsored a news conference to announce the release of a report on the condition of political prisoners in 141 countries around the world. The report found that des…