Tawakkul Karman stood out. Smiling.
Women's rights took center stage Saturday at the Nobel ceremonies as three women recognized for their struggles against the backdrops of the Arab Spring and democratic progress in Africa accepted this year's peace prize.
A grassroots activist, a head of state and a symbol of the Arab Spring.
The struggle for women's rights against the backdrops of the Arab Spring and democratic progress in Africa will be recognized by this year's Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday, at a ceremony unlikely to repeat controversy seen last year.
Liberia went to the polls Tuesday for a runoff election after incumbent President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf failed to win the votes needed for an outright victory last month.
Opposition parties are protesting Liberia's election results, claiming irregularities in the voting process, but are ready to participate in a runoff next month, a spokesman for one party said Sunday.
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf may be headed for a runoff election, early results released Thursday by the National Elections Commission indicate.
The Kenyan environmental campaigner returns to Japan and explains the local's meaning of the term Mottainai.
Thousands of young men shouting, driving in pick-up trucks and taking control of the streets of Monrovia was, only a few years ago, a reason to flee.
The West African nation tests democracy in its second post-war election. CNN's Christian Purefoy reports.
Today is the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, a milestone centenary worthy of the celebrations bestowed upon it. Michelle Bachelet, the first executive director of U.N. Women and former Chilean president, has described the last century as one of progress and of "women using their collective voice to organize for change."
The Liberian president dismissed all but one of her Cabinet ministers this week in a move she says will help give her administration a fresh start.
The parents of an 8-year-old Liberian girl who was allegedly sexually assaulted by four boys in July were arrested Friday on child abuse charges, according to Arizona police.
Police have charged the parents of an alleged gang rape victim with child abuse.
Law enforcement and culture clash after the alleged rape of an 8-year-old Liberian girl. CNN's Thelma Gutierrez reports.
The allegation is shocking: an 8-year-old girl lured to a storage shed with the promise of chewing gum, pinned down and sexually assaulted by four boys, none of them older than 14.
On a dusty pitch in the middle of the capital of Monrovia limbless young men play football as though their lives depended on it.
Liberia's president has declared a state of emergency after hordes of ravenous caterpillars infested the country.
This week on Inside Africa we have an update on the political crisis in Zimbabwe, then we head to the Big Apple for a look at the 15th annual New York African Film Festival.
The following profiles feature prominent women in the fields of politics, law, sports, science and business.
President Bush presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award.
To many, Liberia of recent years is a nightmare. Fourteen years of civil war and conflict has torn apart villages, displaced thousands of people and killed countless Liberians.
Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf on Friday asked her Nigerian counterpart to hand over Charles Taylor, the exiled former Liberian leader who faces war crimes charges.
Liberia's newly installed President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, living up to her reputation as an "Iron Lady", has dismissed all Finance Ministry employees in a bid to curb the rampant corruption crippling her country.
More than 2,300 people are attending the 2006 World Economic Forum in Davos this week.
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has been sworn in as Liberia's new president, becoming Africa's first elected female head of state and vowing to lead the country away from its turbulent past.
First lady Laura Bush spoke Friday with CNN anchor Zain Verjee before leaving for Liberia to attend the inauguration of the first female president in Africa. Laura Bush is going be leading a U.S. delegation to the inauguration ceremonies. They take place Monday in the capital, Monrovia.
Ahead of her trip to witness the inauguration of Africa's first elected female president, first lady Laura Bush said Friday that the United States could elect a female president in the next few terms, and said she would like to cast a ballot for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has been declared president of Liberia following runoff elections, having received nearly 60 percent of the vote.
U.N. peacekeepers in Liberia now have the authority to arrest former President Charles Taylor and transfer him to Sierra Leone for trial should he return to the country.
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