Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is Africa’s longest-serving president, having been in power since August 3, 1979, following a coup that removed his uncle, Francisco Macías Nguema. Despite ...

8. Isabel Dos Santos (Angola) Isabel dos Santos is daughter to Angola’s President, José Eduardo dos Santos. She is an Angolan investor. Isabel is considered by Forbes to be Africa’s richest ...

Even though Africa has some of the least educated current and past presidents, such as Dennis Sassou of DRC, Jacob Zuma of South Africa, Mohamed Ould of Mauritania, Paul Kagame Isaias of Eritrea ...

Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo said on Monday he would run for a second term in November, backtracking on ...

Lawmakers were warned that the United States is planning more punitive actions against the country. Officials hope a new ...

The election of the new chief comes as the conflict in Africa’s second-largest country, the Democratic Republic of Congo, escalates following recent territorial gains by M23 rebels.

Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo says he will run for a second term in November, amid tensions with the ...

Former presidents – Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta ... the joint Luanda-Nairobi peace process in dealing with the current conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in conjunction with the African Union ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is hoping to use his country's current presidency of the Group of 20 nations to champion the cause of the developing world, including action on debt relief ...

Namibia's current president, Nangolo Mbumba, described Nujoma as a giant who stood firm in the country's 24-year armed struggle for independence from South Africa. "Although our hearts are laden ...