It's a country the size of all of western Europe, with enormous mineral riches that enable the artifacts of modern li

Sierra Leone held its third election since the end of its decade-long civil war on November 17.

When Mabrouka M'barek is in the Tunisian capital these days, much of her time is spent writing a new constitution as

The French capital of Paris, especially the location of the presidential residence (Elysee Palace) is expected to com

Fawzia Yusuf Haji Adam is to be Somalia's first female foreign minister in a cabinet formed by new Prime Minister Abd

By Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Many people erroneously view gender as 'women's presence'.

Week after week, the Sunday papers lead with stomach-turning stories of misspending of taxpayers' money, corruption a

For the past few years, Rwanda has been making global headlines for its outstanding role in providing the much-needed

Addressing a one-day Stakeholders' Consultative Conference yesterday in Monrovia, Vice President Joseph N.

Nearly two years after the start of uprisings across the Arab world, Arab women are confronting the reality that topp

"Women continue to play a major role in the efforts for peace.

Proscovia Alengot Oromait has become Africa's youngest Member of Paliament (MP) at the age of 19, after she won the U

The past 12 months have seen a series of notable successes for African women - with two Nobel Peace prizes, a second

Malawi President Joyce Banda and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf delivered blunt advice Monday to those seek

As Liberian women continue to enjoy the country's political honeycomb (sweetness), with a substantial representation

With the emergence of conflicts following the 2007 post election violence, it is unlikely that Kenya will attain the

VISITING newly elected Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has called upon wom

Even though a critical mass of women have ascended to leadership positions in scarce skills sectors such as the judic

The elections taking place across Africa this year present an opportunity for a rising tide of women to take politica

Somaliland women's narratives have largely been absent from accounts in state and nation building in Somaliland, yet

Somalia has recently selected its parliament on Somali soil for the first time since the civil war of the late 1980s.

National Executive Secretariat of the ruling party's female wing, OMA, has appealed to all Angolan women to effective

Since South Sudan's independence on 9 July 2011, the positive role that women played in the independence struggle bar