Politicians

Margaret Kenyatta is one of Kenya's first ladies that will not be forgotten in a hurry. She is the wife of Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta, the fourth President of the Republic of Kenya. As subtle as she is in discharging her duties,...

Zimbabwe's sudden transition of power gave rise to the less talked about Zimbabwean veteran Emmerson Mnangagwa, popularly known as "the Crocodile (Garwe)," becoming the president. Ushering the beginning of a new and unfolding democracy in the country of Zimbabwe,...

At the appointment of Mabior Garang in 2016 as the Minister Of Water Affairs In Sudan, Africans made the youthful leader a point of interest. The young man was all over the internet for a range of reasons. Some for...

Political term limits have caused quite a number of problems in various African countries. Those we have come to know as sit-tight leaders have changed the constitutions of their countries to allow them to rule for a longer number...

Best described as "Africa's Che Guevara", Thomas Sankara, of blessed memory, was a Burkinabé military captain, Marxist revolutionary, pan-Africanist and President of Burkina Faso whose leadership regime began in 1983 ended in 1987. He was indeed a disciplined and true...

Halimah Yacob is a woman of many firsts. She is the first ethnic Malay woman to be elected into the Singaporean parliament. She is also the first woman (of any ethnicity) to emerge the speaker of the distinguished house....

So How Tall is Vladimir Putin? Russia's president Vladimir Putin is of the regular height - not short and not tall either. He is found to be of an average height of 170 cm (5 foot 7 inches). Other body...

The Duke of Edinburgh and the General of the Royal Marines, Prince Phillip has been Queen Consort to the monarch of the United Kingdom since 20th November 1947. The Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich was born on a...

It has become somewhat a difficult venture to make a list of commendable leaders in Africa. In 2016 Mo Ibrahim noted that no African leader qualified for his Africa leadership prize. The billionaire and philanthropist initiated the Mo Ibrahim Foundation...

There are some names that command the attention of the world as they are literally known in every nook and cranny of the globe. The Obama name is one example as it is the last name of the 44th...

When Saudi Arabia's King Salman announced the appointment of Prince Mohammed bin Salman as Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, very few people outside Saudi Arabia had heard of him. As presumptive heir to the throne, that announcement propelled him...

Perhaps the most striking thing there is to know about the French first lady Brigitte Macron is that she is 24 years older than the President, Emmanuel Macron. According to the president, his wife Brigitte has always been his...

With the successful ousting of Gambia's Yahya Jammeh, Africa is gradually seeing the last of its young leaders, who came to power at 30 or before. These erstwhile youngest African leaders held power for decades on end in their...

We have seen Donald J. Trump transition from billionaire businessman to the 45th President of the United States of America. Everything about him has been discussed, from his businesses to appearances on television shows, to his personal relationships and...

Any name that goes with Mugabe is a household name, at least in Zimbabwe and most of the Southern African countries. Grace is one of those bearing the popular last name as the former First Lady of Zimbabwe. An...

The fashion model Sean Andrew Kibaki, the much-talked-about grandson of former president Mwai Kibaki, is at it again with new scintillating pictures hitting the internet. The university student is planning to launch a new project titled Royalé that will soon be released....

Forbes Magazine has published its list of the most powerful women in the world and there are a number of African women on the list. Forbes describes the powerful women as the "smartest and toughest female business leaders, entrepreneurs, investors,...

Toussaint L’Ouverture was a Haitian general best known for his military tactics and as the leader of the popular Haitian Revolution. Known as Black Napoleon by his contemporaries, L’Ouverture rose above the ranks from being a mere slave to...

Dr Kwame Nkrumah can easily be described as a man who believed in African Unity and pushed for self governance. He was Ghana's first president and prime minister who led the fight against British colonialism to gain Ghana's independence. He...

Some African First Ladies are stunning, charming, winsome and appealing. And on the plus side, they are highly educated, smart, and by many accounts as warm and gracious as they look. Above all, they seem to have marriages where both...