Africa – South Sudan
Salva Kiir Mayardit (1951- )
Salva Kiir Mayardit is the first and current President of South Sudan. Salva Kiir Mayardit (often referred to as Salva...
Synthia SAINT JAMES (1949- )
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Synthia SAINT JAMES minidoc Born on February 11, 1949 in Los Angeles, California, Synthia SAINT JAMES is a self-taught...
First Sudanese Civil War (1955-1972)
The First Sudanese Civil War was a twelve-year conflict between the northern and southern regions of Sudan between 1955 and...
The South Sudanese Civil War (2013- )
The South Sudanese Civil War is an ongoing civil war in South Sudan fought between government forces led by President Salva Kiir...
Susan Denise Page (1964- )
Susan Page is the first U.S. Ambassador to the newly formed nation of South Sudan. She was nominated by President...
Patient Zero: Thomas Eric Duncan and the Ebola Crisis in West Africa and the United States
In the following article Dr. Clarence Spigner, Professor of Public Health at the University of Washington, Seattle, describes the life...
Juba, South Sudan (1922- )
Juba is one of the newest capitals in the world. It became the capital of South Sudan when that nation...
Josef Kony (1961?- )/Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA)
Josef Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), was reportedly born in 1961 and raised in the northern...
The Black Diaspora in Israel, 1965 to 2011
With the exception of the well-publicized Operation Moses, Joshua, and Solomon Airlift of 20,000 Ethiopian Jews from that war and...
