Africa – Djibouti
Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
(1947- )
Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, the President of Djibouti, was born on November 27, 1947, in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia to Omar Guelleh...
Mamady Doumbouya (1980- )
On October 1, 2021, Mamady Doumbouya was sworn in as the interim president of Guinea. This was after the former...
Hassan Gouled Aptidon (1916-2006)
Hassan Gouled Aptidon was the first President of Djibouti. He was born to Issa nomads at Garissa near the port...
The Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa (HoA) is the African continent’s easternmost peninsula. The English name for the region derives from the...
The Italo-Abyssinian War (1889-1896)
Following the Partition of Africa during the Berlin Conference of 1885, Prime Minister Francesco Crispi of Italy began his nation’s...
Charles R. Baquet, III (1941- )
Ambassador Charles R. Baquet III was born December 24, 1941 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He attended public schools in the...
Marguerita Ragsdale (1948- )
Marguerita Dianne Ragsdale was born in April 1948 in Richmond, Virginia to Lillie and Vernon Ragsdale and raised alongside her...
Djibouti City, Republic of Djibouti (1888- )
Djibouti City is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Djibouti. Its contemporary population is estimated at 624,000,...
