In December 2011, Leymah Gbowee was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her role in helping to end the devastating civil war in Liberia. She had mobilised thousands of women to take part in daily, ...

Defending champions Determine Girls FC have secured a spot in the final of the Orange Cup, where they will face World Girls ...

Today, over five dozen countries still have laws making same-sex sexual relations illegal. Many of these laws stem from ...

The National Young Women Political Council of Liberia (NYWPLC), with the support of ActionAid Liberia (AAL), successfully wrapped up a day-long National Young Women Leaders Conference aimed at ...

The United Methodist Church and the Global Methodist Church are locked in a legal battle over at least seven properties in the West African nation of Liberia ...

Margaret Ekpo, Mrs. Janet Mokelu, Miss Ekpo Young and of course, Hajia Gambo Sawaba and they ring a loud and crisp-clear note in the landscape of Nigeria’s chequered political history. While Mrs. Esan ...

With approximately 75,000 maternal deaths in the same year, Nigeria also had highest number of maternal deaths in the world, ...

Michael Sang Correa, an alleged former member of a Gambian death squad, will stand trial in a US federal court in Denver, ...

Women's participation in agriculture is being severely hindered by limited access to land, according to Agnes Fred, Program Coordinator at Women in Agriculture and Sustainable Development.She ...

Villagers in Cameroon have denounced the use of tear gas by authorities to break up their protest on March 25 against the ...

Adenah Bayoh, who fled a civil war in Africa, is making history with an affordable housing project rising in the New Jersey ...

They’re doing this work very bravely, without any support.” For the people defending human rights and the environment in ...