Africa People

Chakib Khelil (Arabic: شكيب خليل‎) is Algeria's Minister for Energy and Mines.

James Riley (1777, Middletown, Conn. – 1840 at sea) was the Captain of the American merchant ship Commerce. He led his crew through the Sahara Desert after they were shipwrecked off the coast of Western Sahara in August 1815, and...

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (Zulu pronunciation: [pʰumziːle mlamboŋǀʱuːkʼa]; born 3 November 1955) is a South African politician who was Deputy President of South Africa from 2005 to 2008. She was the first woman to hold the position and was the highest ranking woman...

Mswati III (born Makhosetive on April 19, 1968) is the king of Swaziland and head of the Swazi Royal Family. In 1986, he succeeded his father Sobhuza II as King of the southern African kingdom. He is generally considered to...

Levy Patrick Mwanawasa (September 3, 1948 – August 19, 2008) was the 3rd President of Zambia. He ruled the country from January 2002 until his death in August 2008. He is credited for having initiated a campaign to rid the country...

David John Richardson (born 16 September 1959) in Johannesburg played 42 Tests and 122 One Day Internationals for South Africa. He also represented Eastern Province in the Currie Cup.

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² (11.7 million sq mi) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area. With a...

Trevor Andrew Manuel (born 31 January 1956) is a South African politician, currently serving in the Cabinet of South Africa as Minister in the Presidency in charge of the National Planning Commission. Previously he was the Minister of Finance from...

Kirk Harold Gibson (born May 28, 1957) is a former Major League Baseball player, best known for his clutch home run in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series.

Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni (Arabic: نورالدين يزيد زرهوني‎) (born 1937, Tunis) is the interior minister of Algeria.