Africa – Libya
Mohamed Younis al-Menfi
(1976- )
His Excellency Mohamed Younis al-Menfi, the 16th Head of State of Libya, was born on March 3, 1976, in Tobruk,...
King Idris (1889/90-1983)
Muhammed Idris as-Senussi was born on March 12, 1889, or 1890 in Al Jaghbub in Cyrenaica (a province of the...
Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005)
The Second Sudanese Civil War was an intense 22-year conflict between the central government in Khartoum and the Sudan People’s...
Frederic Ellis Davison (1917-1999)
As an Army Major General, Frederic Ellis Davison paved the way for many African Americans who became military officers. Through Davison’s decorated...
Moneta Sleet, Jr. (1926-1996)
Moneta Sleet, Jr., a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer involved in the Civil Rights movement, was born on February 14, 1926. His parents, Ozetta Allensworth Sleet...
Kofi A. Annan (1938-2018)
Kofi Atta Annan, born on April 8, 1938 in Kumasi, Ghana, served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN)...
The Asian-African (Bandung) Conference: Fact and Fiction
In the article below independent historian Kyle Haddad-Fonda describes the Asian-African Conference popularly known as the Bandung Conference which was...
The Sierra Leone Civil War (1991-2002)
The Sierra Leone Civil War was an armed conflict in the West African country of Sierra Leone from 1991 t0...
First Liberian Civil War (1989-1996)
The First Liberian Civil War was one of Africa’s bloodiest civil conflicts in the post-independence era. The war claimed more...
