Africa – Chad
François Tombalbaye (1918-1975)
François Tombalbaye was the first President of Chad. He was born on June 15, 1918 in the village of Bessada...
Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno
(1984- )
Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno is the Chairman of the Transitional Military Council of Chad (de facto President). Déby is the...
Sundiata Keita (1210?-1255?)
Sundiata (Sunjata) Keita was a West African political leader who would become the founder and first ruler of the Mali Empire in medieval West Africa....
Third Congo Civil War (1998-2003)
The Third Congo Civil War—also known as Africa’s World War—was a five-year conflict that occurred primarily in the Democratic Republic...
America’s Black Ambassadors: A Historical Snapshot
In the article below, Carlton McLellan, PhD, a senior fellow at the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST), briefly...
Eunice S. Reddick (1951- )
Eunice S. Reddick, an American diplomat and United States Ambassador to the Republic of Niger, was born in 1951 in...
N’Djamena, Chad (1900- )
N’Djamena is the capital and largest city of Chad. It was founded in 1900 following the French Army’s defeat of...
Terence A. Todman (1926-2014)
Named Career Ambassador, a title equivalent to a four-star general, U.S. ambassador to six different countries, Terence A. Todman was...
The Brazzaville Conference, 1944
The Brazzaville Conference was organized during the Second World War and took place in Brazzaville, the capital city of the...
