The African continent is a complex landscape of peoples, cultures, languages, and history. For centuries various European colonial powers vied with one another on the continent to obtain slaves, ...

Miss Angie Elisabeth Brooks, who was elected today an President of the twenty-fourth session of the General Assembly, has served as AssistantSecretary of State of Liberia since 1958. She has been ...

The first all-female unit of UN peacekeepers stand at attention as they arrive outside Liberia's capital, Monrovia, on January 30, 2007. Christopher Herwig/Reuters Women are routinely ...