Wislawa Szymborska (pictured), a Nobel Prize laureate in poetry, died of lung cancer Wednesday, aged 88. Arguably the most popular poet in Poland, she tackled serious subjects with simplicity and humour.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian President and 2011 Peace Nobel Prize Laureate, was a guest at the Académie Diplomatique Internationale’s "Forum for New Diplomacy", in partnership with the International Herald Tribune. A few weeks after being re-elected, she sat down with Marc Perelman to talk about her peace-building work in Liberia and the opposition’s harsh criticism of the electoral process.
Liberia's president, a Yemeni and a Liberian activist received the Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday for championing women’s rights in regions where oppression is common and helping women participate in peace-building.
Liberian President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf on Saturday called on voters to ignore calls from her challenger, Winston Tubman, to boycott the Nov. 8 election in which she looks set to win.
Ex-warlord and defeated candidate Prince Johnson told his supporters on Monday to back Nobel Peace Prize winning presidential candidate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in her November run-off with challenger Winston Tubman for Liberia's presidency.
Liberia's incumbent President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (pictured), a Nobel Prize winner, took the lead over challenger Winston Tubman in early results on Friday but still falls short of a majority needed to avoid a run-off vote.
First, we look at how Niger is suffering as the conflict in neighbouring Libya drags on. Next, we investigate why the capital of Madagascar could become Africa's biggest shantytown. Finally, despite reigning rugby champions South Africa being out of this year's World Cup, popularity for the sport is growing at home.
After America missing out on the Nobel Prize for Literature yet again, we're questioning whether the American novel has lost its touch. We review "The Humbling" by Philip Roth, the story of an aging actor who's lost his magic, and "A Widow's Story" by Joyce Carol Oates, a memoir about loss and finding the strength to write again. These two literary greats are exploring the need to re-write the American novel in a new way.
Tatiana Massad meets Tawakul Karman, co-laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize 2011. A Yemeni activist and journalist, she is the first Arab woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize, which she dedicates to the Yemeni people.
