Africa – Ivory Coast

Cynthia Helen Akuetteh (1948- )
In 2014, Cynthia Akuetteh, career Senior Foreign Service officer, was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as ambassador to...
June 1st, 2015

William D. Clarke, Sr. (1941- )
Ambassador William Davis Clarke was born in 1941. Currently, he is retired and resides with his wife, Katsuko M. Clarke,...
June 1st, 2015

Harriet Elam-Thomas (1941- )
Harriet Elam-Thomas is a diplomat and professor who served as United States Ambassador to Senegal from 1999 to 2002. She...
April 15th, 2015

Gayleatha Beatrice Brown (1947-2013)
On July 2, 2009 President Barack Obama appointed Gayleatha Beatrice Brown to be the United States ambassador to Burkina Faso,...
February 24th, 2015

Sue K. Brown (1948- )
Ambassador Sue Katherine Brown is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister Counselor. In...
February 23rd, 2015

Cynthia Shepard Perry (1928- )
Cynthia Shepard Perry, a Republican and 25 year career diplomat, has served three Republican presidents. President Ronald Reagan appointed her...
January 25th, 2015

Jean-Bédel Bokassa (1921-1996)
Jean-Bédel Bokassa, longtime dictator and military leader of the Central African Republic, was born in Bobangui, Oubangui-Chari, French Equatorial Africa...
January 7th, 2010

African Democratic Rally (1946- )
The African Democratic Rally, known as Rassemblement Démocratique Africain (RDA), was the first French-speaking Pan-African organization. Created in 1946 at...
April 12th, 2009

Samori Touré (1830-1900)
Warrior king, empire builder and hero of the resistance against the French colonization of West Africa during the 19th century,...
February 22nd, 2009