Africa – Namibia
Hage Gottfried Geingob (1941- )
Hage Gottfried Geingob, the third democratically elected president and the first prime minister of Namibia, was born on August 3,...
Sam Nujoma (1929- )
Samuel Shafiihuna (“a time of trouble”) Daniel Nujoma was born on May 12, 1929, in Ongandjera, Ovamboland, South West Africa...
Third Congo Civil War (1998-2003)
The Third Congo Civil War—also known as Africa’s World War—was a five-year conflict that occurred primarily in the Democratic Republic...
Laurent-Désiré / Kabila, Laurent Kabila (1939-2001)
Laurent-Désiré Kabila, or Laurent Kabila, was born in 1939 and was murdered on January 16, 2001. Beginning in May 1997,...
Joyce A. Barr (1951- )
Ambassador Joyce Anne Barr was born in 1951 in Tacoma, Washington. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Business...
Battle of Waterberg (1904)
The Battle of Waterberg took place on August 11, 1904, in German South-West Africa (Namibia) and triggered the annihilation decree...
Gail Dennise Mathieu (1951?- )
Gail Dennise Mathieu, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, was appointed United States Ambassador to Niger by President...
Howard Franklin Jeter (1947- )
Howard Jeter, U.S. Ambassador to Botswana and later to Nigeria, was born in Maple Ridge, Union County, South Carolina on...
Wanda L. Nesbitt (1956- )
Wanda L. Nesbitt holds the rank of Career Minister in the U.S. Foreign Service. She joined the United States Foreign...
