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,...
May 25th, 2022

Sam Nujoma (1929- )
Samuel Shafiihuna (“a time of trouble”) Daniel Nujoma was born on May 12, 1929, in Ongandjera, Ovamboland, South West Africa...
April 13th, 2022

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...
March 20th, 2018

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,...
June 11th, 2017

Joyce A. Barr (1951- )
Ambassador Joyce Anne Barr was born in 1951 in Tacoma, Washington. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Business...
May 29th, 2015

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...
May 6th, 2015

Gail Dennise Mathieu (1951?- )
Gail Dennise Mathieu, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, was appointed United States Ambassador to Niger by President...
March 1st, 2015

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...
February 26th, 2015

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...
January 25th, 2015