Alhaji Dr. Yahya Abdul-Azziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh, President of Gambia Alhaji Dr. Yahya Abdul-Azziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh, President of Gambia On November 24, 2011, Yahya Jammeh wins 71.5% of the vote. DATE OF BIRTH: 25th May 1965 PLACE OF BIRTH: Kanilai Village Foni Kansala District Western Division MARITAL STATUS: Married to Madam Zineb Yahya Jammeh CHILDREN: One Daughter PRIMARY EDUCATION More →
Sprent Dabwido, President of Nauru (since Nov 10, 2011) Sprent Jared Dabwido was born on September 16, 1972. Dabwido is a close relative of former parliamentarian Audi Dabwido, who served in the first parliament of Nauru in 1968. Dabwido was elected to parliament in the 2004 general elections, defeating Nimrod Botelanga to win the seat of Meneng. He has been subsequently More →
Michael Sata, President of Zimbabwe Michael Chilufya Sata (born in 1937) is a Zambian politician who has been the fifth President of Zambia since 23 September 2011. He leads the Patriotic Front (PF), a major political party in Zambia. Under President Frederick Chiluba, Sata was a minister during the 1990s as part of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) government; he More →
Jorge Carlos de Almeida Fonseca (born 20 October 1950) is a lawyer and university professor who became President of Cape Verde on September 9, 2011. Previously he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1991 to 1993. Supported by the Movement for Democracy (MpD), he won the 2011 presidential election in a second round of voting. Jorge Fonseca made his More →
Salva Kiir, President of South Sudan On July 9, 2011, South Sudan becomes an independent country. Salva Kiir becomes President. In the late 1960s, Kiir joined the Anyanya in the First Sudanese Civil War. By the time of the 1972 Addis Ababa Agreement, he was a low-ranking officer. In 1983, when John Garang joined an army mutiny he had been sent to More →
Goodluck Jonathan, President of Nigeria (since May 6, 2010. reelected on Apr 16, 2011) Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (born 20 November 1957) is a Nigerian politician and currently the President of Nigeria. He was Governor of Bayelsa State from 9 December 2005 to 28 May 2007, and was sworn in as Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on 29 More →
Laurent Gbagbo, President of Cote d’Ivoire (Forces that support Alassane Ouattara for President capture Laurent Gbagbo on Apr 11, 2011) Born on May 31, 1945, in Gagnoa, Ivory Coast; son of Zepe Paul Koudou and Gado Marguerite Koudou Paul; married Jaqueline Chanoos, July 20, 1967 (divorced, June of 1982); married Simone Ehivet, January 19, 1989; children: (from first marriage) Koudou More →
Mahamadou Issoufou, President of Niger (since Mar 13, 2011) Mahamadou Issoufou (born 1952) was elected President of Niger on March 13, 2011 by winning 58% of the vote with 48% turnout. He has been a Nigerien politician, President of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS-Tarayya), a social democratic party. He was Prime Minister of Niger from 1993 to 1994 More →
As a result of the collapse of the Gaddafi regime (and Gaddafi’s death on Oct 20, 2011) in August 2011 due to the Libyan civil war, Libya is under de facto administration of the National Transitional Council (NTC). The NTC has pledged to organize democratic elections by April 2012, and expects Libya to develop into a constitutional democracy by 2013. More →
Hosny Mubarak, President of Egypt (President Mubarak resigned on Feb 11, 2011. Power was taken over by the Armed Forces Supreme Council) President Hosny Mubarak was born in Al-Menoufiyah governorate, located in the heart of Egypt, in the Delta area. Upon his completion of high school, Mr. Mubarak joined the Egyptian Military Academy, where he received his Bachelor Degree in More →
Fouad Mebazaa, Interim President of Tunisia (since on Jan 15, 2011) Fouad Mebazaa (Arabic: فؤاد المبزع ), born on16 June 1933, has been the Interim President of Tunisia since 15 January 2011. He was active in Neo Destour prior to Tunisian independence, served as Minister of Youth and Sports, Minister of Public Health, and Minister of Culture and Information, and More →
Alpha Conde, President of Guinea (since Dec 21, 2010) Alpha Conde (born March 4, 1938) is the current President of Guinea (took office on 21 December 2010). Alpha Conde is the leader of the Rally of the People of Guinea (RPG), was candidate for the presidential election announced by the Ouagadougou agreements (signed January 15, 2010 by Camara and General Konate, More →
Robert Gabriel Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe First prime minister (1980– ) and president (1987– ) of Zimbabwe, born in Kutama, Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia). Largely self-educated, he became a teacher in 1942. After short periods in the National Democratic Party and Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU), he was briefly detained, but escaped to co-found, with Ndabaningi Sithole, the Zimbabwe African More →
Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo, President of Somaliland (since Jul 26, 2010) Ahmed Mohamed Mahamoud “Silanyo” (Somali: Axmed Maxamed Maxamuud “Siilaanyo”, Arabic: احمد محمد محمود سيلانيو) is a Somali politician. He is the current Chairman of the Peace, Unity and Development Party (Kulmiye) political party and President of Somaliland, a self-proclaimed republic internationally recognized as an autonomous region in Somalia. Standing as More →
Legal status of territory and issue of sovereignty unresolved; territory contested by Morocco and Polisario Front (Popular Front for the Liberation of the Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro), which in February 1976 formally proclaimed a government-in-exile of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), near Tindouf, Algeria, led by President Mohamed ABDELAZIZ; territory partitioned between Morocco and Mauritania in More →