Category good governance
Success Story from the Gambia: Salimatou Fatty, Advocate for Children’s and Women’s Rights
Salimatou Fatty was born in Kerewan village in the North Bank Division of the Gambia in 1994 to modest and loving parents Aja Fatoumatta Jarra Ceesay and Alhajie Saikou Fatty. When she was just one year old, her father passed away. Salimatou is the seventh of her mother’s nine children, but has nearly 20 siblings […]
Success Story from the Republic of the Congo: Virgile Samba-Moussinga Supports Transparency, Good Governance, International Human Rights, and International Human Law
Virgile Rivet Samba-Moussinga was born April 17, 1984 in Brazzaville, the capital city of the Republic of the Congo. He is the fifth son of his mum, Jacqueline Samba-Biampandou, and the seventh of his dad, the late Samba-Bitori Luc. He began his studies in 1989, at Moukoundzi-Ngouaka Primary School, in Brazzaville. Due to the influence […]
Success Story from Sudan: Dr. Mo Ibrahim Supports Good Governance and Emerging Leaders
BONUS POST Celebrating those supporting excellent leaders Mohamed “Mo” Ibrahim was born in 1946 in Sudan. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Alexandria University in Egypt, a Master’s Degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from the University of Bradford in the UK, and a PhD in Mobile Communications from the University […]
Success Story from Tunisia: National Dialogue Quartet Awarded the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize
BONUS POST: Celebrating those working for peace. On October 9, 2015 the Nobel Peace Prize for 2015 was awarded to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet for its contribution to the building of democracy after the Tunisian Revolution. The Tunisian Revolution, sometimes referred to as the Jasmine Revolution, began in December 2010 and was an early […]
Success Story from South Africa: Nelson Mandela, Advocate for Human Rights and Social Justice
BONUS POST: I have featured many Mandela Washington Fellows on this site, but not their namesake. This post is long overdue. Nelson Rolihlahla “Madiba” Mandela was born on July 18, 1918 in Mthatha (formerly Umtata) in the Union of South Africa. Initially he grew up with his two sisters. When his father passed away when […]
Success Story from Sierra Leone: Aruna Kallon Promotes Human Rights, Judicial Accountability, and Good Governance
Aruna Kallon was born in southeastern Sierra Leone in 1985 to modest and loving parents, Theresa Hawa Kallon and Maada John Aruna Kallon. The fourth of six children, he grew up in Kenema, Sierra Leone’s third largest city, where his father lived for most of his life and until he passed away in 2006. Aruna […]
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