Liberian President Johnson Sirleaf, Gbowee, Karman win Nobel Peace Prize
Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, October 7th, 2011
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian “peace warrior” Leymah Gbowee and Yemen’s Arab Spring activist Tawakkul Karman on Friday won the Nobel Peace Prize, the jury said. The three prizewinners share the 2011 award “for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work,” Norwegian Nobel […]