MS. AMINATA MAIGA – Newly Appointed United Nations Resident Coordinator in Senegal
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Aminata Maiga of Cote d’Ivoire as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Senegal,...
Political and Public Sector
ROSE CHRISTIAN OSSOUKA RAPONDA – Newly Named First-Ever Female Vice President of Gabon
Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba appointed Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda as the oil-rich central African nation’s first female vice...
LADY JUSTICE BARBARA FRANCES ACKAH-YENSU – Newly Sworn-in Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana
Lady Justice Barbara Frances Ackah-Yensu is a Ghanaian jurist. She is an active Justice of the Supreme Court of...
NELMA FERNANDES – Newly Elected President of the Confederation of Enterprises of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries
Unanimously elected on 12 December in Lisbon, Portugal, the businesswoman becomes the first woman to head the Confederation of...
REBECCA ADDA-DONTOH – Newly Appointed United Nations Resident Coordinator in Malawi
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Rebecca Adda-Dontoh of Ghana as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Malawi, with...
H.E SAMIA SULUHU HASSAN – scraps independence celebration and diverts funds to children with special needs
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has cancelled Independence Day celebrations scheduled for Friday and directed that the budget instead...
OLUFUNMILAYO ABOSEDE BALOGUN-ALEXANDER – Newly Appointed United Nations Resident Coordinator in Timor-Leste
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Olufunmilayo Abosede Balogun-Alexander of Nigeria as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Timor-Leste,...
HOPOLANG PHORORO – Newly Appointed United Nations Resident Coordinator in Namibia
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Hopolang Phororo of Lesotho as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Namibia, with...
NELSON MUFFUH – Newly Appointed United Nations Resident Coordinator in South Africa
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Nelson Muffuh of Cameroon as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in South Africa,...
BENEDICTA LASI – First African, First Woman and Youngest Ever Secretary General of The Socialist International
In a consequential vote at the ongoing 26th Congress of the Socialist International (2022), Ghana’s Benedicta Lasi, a lawyer...