Ellen Johnson Sirleaf News

Thousands of Liberians living in Montserrado county, the seat of the country's capital Monrovia, headed for the polls Tuesday to cast their votes in a senatorial by-election to replace Senator Hannah Brent, who died in August.

Therea s a lot of anticipation in Liberiaa s capital, Monrovia where a by-election to fill a vacant senate seat is taking place Tuesday.

President Ellen Johnson has commended the Government and people of China for their continued support to Africa's social and micro-economic development.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has met with several African leaders on the sidelines of the fourth ministerial meeting of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation which opened on Sunday at this Egyptian tourist resort.

For the first time in the history of the two countries, the West Africa state of Liberia and Qatar have established diplomatic ties, the Liberian Foreign Ministry has said.

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right speaks as Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Washington, DC Since its independence more than 160 years ago, Liberia has often been said to have a special relationship with the United States.

Traders at the Ma Juah market in Vai Town and the Redemption market along the Somalia Drive have described the candidacy of private sector Guru Clemenceau Urey as a unique chance to address issues affecting the Informal sector of the Liberian economy.

Liberian police have reportedly apprehended two individuals for their alleged involvement in the murder of the chairman of the countrya s Public Procurement Concession Commission .

Gunmen have killed Liberia's official in charge of awarding contracts to exploit the nation's natural resources.

More than 100 people gathered at Reichhold Center on Thursday afternoon for the Women's Rights Prize and Symposium in recognition of the winners of the 2009 Gruber Foundation Women's Rights Prize, advocacy group the Women's Legal Centre of South Africa and activist Leymah Gbowee of Liberia.

After decades of absence from several war-torn African nations, the U.S. Peace Corps volunteers are making a comeback.

The Africa Chief of the International Monetary Fund says significant reform and progress are taking place in Liberia, and the Liberian people must celebrate because their government and country are moving in the right direction.

In honor of her October 29 birthday, we look at the life and career of longtime politician and economist-in-exile Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, who became the first elected female president in Africa when she won the 2006 general election in Liberia.

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, says the lack of manpower development for media practitioners in developing countries has affected the media's ability to effectively perform its watchdog role.

Nathaniel Ziayee and his family live in a single-room hut built with mud bricks and palm branches, held firmly together by sticks cut from the bushes that surround their small farm.

As the EU Development Days draw to a close in Stockholm, how and to what extent developed countries will commit to help poorer ones lower their CO2 output is still an open question.

The fourth European Development Days forum got underway Thursday, October 22, in the Swedish capital, Stockholm, with women issues dominating an opening session of the event.

Friday, 23 October 2009, 10:21 am Press Release: United Nations New York, Oct 22 2009 2:10PM Democratic governance both reinforces and is bolstered by development and human rights, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon underscored in a message to a high-level event drawing thousands of representatives of both governments and non-governmental organizations.

The Firestone Rubber Plantation Company, an American Company operating in Harbel Lower Margibi County 45 Kilometers away from Monrovia, has been slammed with a guilty verdict by the Environmental Protection Agency , a body responsible to oversee pollution and other health hazard related matters.

Publish What You Pay has congratulated all stakeholders in Liberia's Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative following the country's designation by the EITI Board as EITI 'Compliant' on 14 October 2009.