Politicians

Africa has continued to produce lots of great and remarkable leaders. Many of them have come and gone but their memories live on. However, a lot of these great men and women of African descent handling public positions are still here with us, waxing strong in their various leadership positions. We cannot help but make mention of as well as laud these influential African leaders. According to the New African Magazine,...

Africa is the second-largest continent in the world just as it is the second most populated. Unfortunately, it is regarded as the poorest continent but this does not mean everyone in Africa is poor; African kings are some of the wealthiest people in the continent. Many African countries have embraced democracy and abandoned monarchy. However, countries like Swaziland, Lesotho, and Morocco are still ruled by kings. To be recognized as...

Did you know that African leaders are among the highest salary earners in the world? Nothing is wrong with that except that the continent is vastly regarded as the least-developed. Poverty has its headquarters in Africa and from poor health to illiteracy and malnutrition, African leaders have a lot of things to fix if they must pocket massive salaries. Sadly, most of the leaders are seemingly more interested in becoming...

Like most other countries in the world, Africa has had its fair share of leaders that seem to go a little mad with the power and turn into tyrants of the worst sort – not to mention a handful that were like that from the start! Few days ago, we recently published an article we titled 10 Worst Dictators of Africa. In this article, we are going to take a...

When former Kigoma North legislator Zitto Kabwe revealed the salaries of the former President, Prime Minister, and other Tanzanian politicians, people were surprised because they knew it was against the law to disclose the salary of Government officials. Although this is an old law, the citizens actually needed to know how their taxes are being dispersed and therefore requested that the old law be thrust into the trash. After Zitto's...

Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa with about 31 million inhabitants to carter for. It is called pearl of Africa and it is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the southwest by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. Ugandan Politicians are not left out of the trend of high salaries...

The history of Ethiopia is not just interesting, but can as well be described as a tale of courage and bravery, starting from its emergence as an empire under the Aksumites to its current form as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. The country has been led by educated men, and here you will know all about Ethiopian Presidents' Academic Qualifications. The journey has not been all that easy, considering...

Egypt as a country has always been great. This greatness is known throughout the history and has taught us never to doubt the ability of a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens to change a nation. These outstanding leaders so far have passed some useful life lessons to us the younger generation. Indeed, we all know the whole story of the men and women who played a very crucial...

Tanzania as a country has come a very long way, right from pre-independence of the various areas that make up Tanzania to post-independence and also the merging of Zanzibar and Tanganyika into one resulting in what is now the United Republic of Tanzania which came into existence on 29 October 1964. We vividly remember all the blood that has been shed to keep the name of Tanzania still in...

Uganda had been under the British since 1894 and was subjected under colonial rule. The country at the time was mainly made up of kingdoms, kindreds, and chieftaincies that dwelt around the lake regions of central Africa. Uganda has actually taken a very long walk starting from 1962 after Britain granted the country independence. Despite that Uganda has made great strides since 1962. It has not coast through the journey...

Kenya is a country in the Eastern part of Africa with Nairobi as its capital city which is also the largest city. The country gained her independence from Britain on 12th December 1963 with Jomo Kenyatta as the country’s first Prime Minister. Kenya became a Republic on 12 December 1964 and as a result of this, Jomo Kenyatta was named Kenya's first president, with Jaramogi Oginga Odinga as his vice-president. The leadership...

Throughout the annals of history, humanity has always tried to free itself. Africa has an eternal dance of people whose revolutionary acts freed their people, those that became the modern-day messiah's only to enslave the very people that they were bound to save. Here is a list of 10 dictators of Africa formerly saviors of their countries. 16. Colonel Gaddafi Libyan Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi became interested in politics while...

Africa is a continent endowed with an abundance of human capital and resources like crude oil, gold, platinum, tin, diamond, and other precious metals and minerals that drive the global economy. But despite this huge wealth, a majority of the inhabitants of the continent are suffering or barely getting by financially. It is, however, a whole different story for political and ceremonial leaders on the continent as African presidents...

Fidel Odinga is the late son of Raila Odinga and grandson of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga. Fidel's father is a Kenyan politician who served as prime minister of Kenya from 2008 to 2013, while his grandfather was the country's first vice president. Fidel was married twice. His first marriage was to Veronica Wanjiru Nganga, while his second marriage was to Lwam Gatachew Bekele. He welcomed only one child. Raila Odinga's first son was...

Uhuru Kenyatta Muigai is the son of the first president of Kenya, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta. He is also the fourth president of the country having won the general election that was conducted in March 2013. Biography of Uhuru Kenyatta Uhuru was born in October 1961 to Jomo's fourth wife, Mama Ngina Kenyatta. He attended St Mary’s School in Nairobi where he completed his “A” Levels before leaving for Amherst College, USA, to study Political Science and Economics....

Kenyan girls certainly have someone to look up to in Rachel Shebesh, the politician who won the Nairobi Women Representative nominations in 2016. She was the former Nairobi Women Representative and although you may already know some of these, there are so many other things to learn about Shebesh. Find out more in this article. Rachel Shebesh Biography Rachel Shebesh, whose full name is Rachael Wambui Shebesh, is the former woman representative...

This fact may be oblivious to many Africans, but Africa is indeed the father of civilization. In fact, without the ancient Kemet, there would be no Greek philosophy; and if the Persians had not invaded Egypt or if the Greek had failed to access the ancient Egyptians' Education, there would be nothing like Alexandria research centre and Aristotle could not have written any book. But these are just but...

Mr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela is sometimes called by several other names. While each name has its own special meaning and story, not too many people know these names or what they mean. We've decided to highlight some of these names so you should know them, what you are saying and why. So here is a brief explanation of the many names of Nelson Mandela: Madiba – In South Africa, Mandela is most commonly...

Among several other lessons Nelson Mandela left us, Humility, Honorable, Heroic, Inspiring, Iconic, Influential are a few words among several others that could be used to describe the man we know as Nelson Mandela. Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years by the South African apartheid government. What offence or crime did he commit? Mandela stood up against the South African apartheid government that was committing egregious human rights abuses against...

Kenya as an independent country has enjoyed some level of peace and stability politically until recently. The country has been a multi-party democracy in law before independence and remained so until 1982 when Section 2A was enacted, making the country a one-party State. Kenya gained independence on December 12, 1963. This was after it was subjected for 43 years, under the British rule. Following her independence, Kenya had one political party -...

The following list consists of the 10 famous women leaders, and also the greatest in history from around the world. The list could be endless; however, the ones discussed below could give you the best overview of the roles these women leaders played around the world. 1. Catherine II, the Empress of Russia Catherine II reigned as the Empress of Russia for a period of 34 years, from 28th June, 1762...