Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

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  Sirleaf Wins Prestigious Ibrahim Prize For African Leadership

  Former Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Monday won the rarely awarded Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership the world's biggest individual prize.

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  India's Ties With Liberia to Strengthen: President Pranab Mukherjee

  President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said India's ties with the western African nation of Liberia will "continue to strengthen" in the coming years.

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  Ebola-Hit Liberia No Longer America's Forgotten Stepchild

  As Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf visits the US Senate today to thank Americans for their pivotal role in the Ebola recovery, she will reflect on a sometimes fractious relationship spanning two centuries.

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  Ebola-Hit Liberia Delays School Re-Opening

  Liberia's Education Ministry said today that it had postponed by two weeks the reopening of the country's schools, which were closed six months ago to limit the spread of the Ebola virus.

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  Ebola Scare: Liberian President's Son Wants Rally Ban Lifted

  Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's son, who is running for a Senate seat, has filed a lawsuit contesting her Ebola-related ban on political rallies, an official said today.

• Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Describes Heavy Cost of Ebola

  Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says Ebola has killed more than 2,000 people in her country and has brought it to "a standstill," noting that Liberia and two other badly hit countries were already weakened by years of war.

• Liberian President Asks 'World' to Pitch in to Fight Ebola

  Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf made an impassioned appeal to the world's nations to pitch in to the fight against Ebola, saying the "time for talking or theorising is over."

• Liberian President Appeals to Barack Obama for US Help to Beat Ebola

  Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has appealed to U.S. President Barack Obama for urgent aid in tackling the worst recorded outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, saying that without it her country would lose the fight against the disease.

• Ebola Outbreak Stirs Anger in Fragile Liberia

  When a starving Ebola patient escaped from a treatment centre in Monrovia and staggered through a crowded market in search of food, bystanders who scattered in his path voiced their anger not at him but at Liberia's president.

• Liberia President Apologises for High Toll for Ebola Health Workers

  Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf apologised on Saturday for the high death toll among the country's healthcare workers who have fought an Ebola outbreak, which has killed nearly 1,000 people in three countries.

• Liberians in 'Panic' Over Ebola, Need Doctors: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

  Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf appealed for more doctors and supplies to help West African nations battle an outbreak of deadly Ebola, warning on Thursday the crisis was "nearing a catastrophe."

• Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf conferred Indira Gandhi peace prize

  Liberian leader Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was today conferred the coveted Indira Gandhi peace prize by President Pranab Mukherjee who said India will continue to support the African nation in its pursuit of stability and economic growth.

• The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize citation

  The complete text of the citation awarding the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize to Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen "for their nonviolent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work."