African Leaders

Timothy Weah is one of U.S. Soccer team’s brightest young prospects, scoring his first goal in a friendly match on Memorial Day against Bolivia in Chester, Pennsylvania. But Weah, 18, will have to work hard to escape the shadow of his world-famous father, George Weah, Liberia’s current president and one of the best soccer players […]

  Once again President Donald Trump has landed himself in headlines about his conduct at the United Nations meeting this week. What has he done this time? President Trump thanked the leaders of multiple African nations for making his friends rich. At a luncheon that featured the heads of many countries, Trump said, “I’ve so […]

  Haile Selassie became Ethiopia’s final emperor on this day in 1930, ruling the country for over four decades before he was exiled from power. He is remembered not just as the head of an African nation but as a deity in the Rastafarian religion. November 2 is seen among Rastafarian practitioners as a holy […]

  Mansa Musa was a wealthy West African ruler who ruled a massive portion of the continent in the 14th century. According to researchers, Musa is considered to be the wealthiest person in history. Estimated to have been born in the year 1280 or so, Musa Keita I rose to lead the Mali Empire after the […]

On Monday, 500 participants of the Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders joined Pres. Barack Obama for a town hall meeting. The meeting caps off…

On Monday, 500 participants of the Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders joined Pres. Barack Obama for a town hall meeting. The meeting caps off…