Who's Who, and Where
A publication of ihe African Studies Program of The Georgetown
University Center for Strategic and International Studies
No. 64 • November 22, 1986
Who's Who, and Where A Guide to Key Personnel in U.S.-African Diplomatic Relations
U.S. Embassies in Africa Algeria (Algiers) Ambassador: L. Craig Johnstone
Gambia (Banjul) Ambassador: Herbert E. Horowitz
Nigeria (Lagos) Ambassador: Princeton Lyman
Angola (Luanda) Diplomatic relations not yet established
Ghana (Accra) Ambassador: Steven R. Lyne
Rwanda (Kigali) Ambassador: John Edwin Upston
Benin (Cotonou) Ambassador: Walter E. Stadtler
Guinea (Conakry) Charge d'Affaires: William Mithoefer
Botswana (Gaborone) Ambassador: Natale H. Bellocchi
Guinea-Bissau (Bissau) Ambassador: John Blacken
Sao Tome & Principe (Sao Tome) Relations managed from U.S. Embassy, Gabon
Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou) Ambassador: Leonardo Neher
Cote d'lvoire (Abidjan) Ambassador: Dennis Kux
Burundi (Bujumbura) Ambassador: James D. Phillips
Kenya (Nairobi) Ambassador: Elinor Greer Constable
Cameroon (Yaounde) Ambassador: Myles R. R. Frechette
Lesotho (Maseru) Ambassador: Dr. S. L. Abbott
Cape Verde (Praia) Ambassador: Vernon Dubois Prenner, Jr.
Liberia (Monrovia) Charge d'Affaires: Keith Wauchoup
Central African Republic (Bangui) Ambassador: David C. Fields
Libya (Tripoli) U.S. interests represented by the Embassy of Belgium
Chad (N'Djamena) Ambassador: John Blane
Madagascar (Antananarivo) Ambassador: Patrick Gates Lynch
Comoros (Moroni) Relations managed from U.S. Embassy, Madagascar Congo (Brazzaville) Ambassador: Alan W. Lukens Djibouti (Djibouti) Ambassador: John P. Ferriter Egypt (Cairo) Ambassador: Frank G. Wisner Equatorial Guinea (Malabo) Ambassador: Francis S. Ruddy Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) Charge d'Affaires: James R. Cheek Gabon (Libreville) Ambassador: Larry C. Williamson
· Malawi (Lilongwe) Ambassador: Weston Adams
Senegal (Dakar) Ambassador: Lannon Walker Seychelles (Victoria) Ambassador: Irvin Hicks Sierra Leone (Freetown) Ambassador: Cynthia Shepard Perry Somalia (Mogadiscio) Ambassador: Frank Crigler South Africa (Pretoria) Ambassador: Edward J. Perkins Sudan (Khartoum) Ambassador: G. Norman Anderson Swaziland (Mbabane) Ambassador: Harvey F. Nelson, Jr. Tanzania (Dar es Salaam) Ambassador: Donald K. Petterson
Mali (Bamako) Ambassador: Robert J. Ryan, Jr.
Togo (Lome) Ambassador: David A. Korn
Mauritania (Nouakchott) Ambassador: Robert Pugh
Tunisia (Tunis) Ambassador: Robert H. Pelletreau, Jr.
Mauritius (Port Louis) Ambassador: Ronald D. Palmer
Uganda (Kampala) Ambassador: Robert Houdek
Morocco (Rabat) Ambassador: Thomas A. Nassif
Zaire (Kinshasa) Ambassador: Brandon H. Grove, Jr.
Mozambique (Maputo) Ambassador: Melissa Wells
Zambia (Lusaka) Ambassador: Paul J. Hare
Niger (Niamey) Ambassador: Richard W. Bogosian
Zimbabwe (Harare) Ambassador: James W. Rawlings
Editor: Helen Kitchen, Director of African Studies • Research Associate: J. Coleman Kitchen, Jr. • Production/Circulation: Evelyn Barnes CSIS Africa Notes, Suite 400, 1800 K Street, NW., Washington, D.C. 20006 • Telephone (202) 887-0219 • ISSN 0736-9506
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African Ambassadors to the United States (Washington, D.C. unless otherwise noted) Algeria Ambassador: His Excellency Mohamed SAHNOUN Chancery: 2118 Kalorama Road, N. W. 20008
Madagascar Ambassador: His Excellency leon M. RAJAOBEUNA Chancery: 2374 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. 20008
Angola Diplomatic relations not yet established
Malawi Ambassador: His Excellency Timon MANGWAZU Chancery: Bristol House, 1400 20th Street, N. W. 20036
Benin
Ambassador: His Excellency Guy Landry HAZOUME Chancery: 2737 Cathedral Avenue, N.W. 20008 Botswana Ambassador: His Excellency Serara T. KETI.OGETSWE Chancery: Suite 404, 4301 Connecticut Avenue, N. W. 20006
Burkina Faso Ambassador: His Excellency Leandre BASSOLE Chancery: 2340 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. 20008 Burundi Ambassador: His Excellency Edouard KADIGIRI Chancery: Suite 212, 2233 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W. 20007 Cameroon
Ambassador: His Excellency Paul POND! Chancery: 2349 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. 20008 Cape Verde Ambassador: His Excellency Jose luis FERNANDES LOPES Chancery: 3415 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. 20007 Central African Republic Ambassador: His Excellency Christian UNGAMA-TOLEQUE Chancery: 1618 22nd Street, N.W. 20008 Chad Ambassador: Mahamat Ali ADOUM Chancery: 2002 R Street, N.W. 20009 Comoros
Ambassador: His Excellency Ali MLAHAIU (concurrently Ambassador to the United States and the UN, resides in the Comoros)
Mall Ambassador: His Excellency Lassana KElT A Chancery: 2130 R Street, N.W. 20008 Mauritania
Ambassador: His Excellency Abdellah OULD DADDAH Chancery: 2129 leroy Place, N. W. 20008 Mauritius Ambassador: His Excellency Chitmansing JESSERAMSING Chancery: Suite 134, 4301 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. 20008 Morocco
Ambassador: His Excellency Maati JORIO Chancery: 1601 21st Street, N.W. 20009 Mozambique Ambassador: His Excellency Valeriano FERRAO Chancery: Suite 570, 1990 M Street, N.W. 20037
Niger Ambassador: His Excellency Joseph DIATTA Chancery: 2204 R Street, N.W. 20008 Nigeria Ambassador: His Excellency Ignatius C. OLISEMEKA Chancery: 2201 M Street, N.W. 20037 Rwanda
Ambassador: His Excellency Simon INSONERE Chancery: 1714 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. 20008
Ambassador: His Excellency Stanislas BATCH! Chancery: 4891 Colorado Avenue, N.W. 20011
Sao Tome & Principe Ambassador: His Excellency Joaquim Rafael BRANCO Chancery: Suite 1504, 801 Second Avenue, New York 10017 Senegal Ambassador: His Excellency Falilou KANE Chancery: 2112 Wyoming Avenue, N. W. 20008
Djibouti Ambassador: His Excellency Saleh Hadji FARAH DIRIR Chancery: Suite 4011, 866 United Nations Plaza, New York 10017
Seychelles Ambassador: Her Excellency Giovinella GONTHIER Chancery: Suite 203, 820 Second Avenue, New York 10017
Egypt Ambassador: His Excellency al Sayed Abdel Raoul al REEDY Chancery: 2310 Decatur Place, N.W. 20008
Ambassador: His Excellency Dauda S. KAMARA Chancery: 1701 19th Street, N.W. 20009
Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Sierra Leone
Ambassador: His Excellency Florencio MAYE ELA Chancery: Suite 1403, 801 Second Avenue, New York 10017
Somalia Ambassador: His Excellency Abdullahi Ahmed ADDOU Chancery: Suite 710, 600 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. 20037
Ethiopia Charge d' Alfaires: Girma AMARE Chancery: 2134 Kalorama Road, N.W. 20008
South Africa Ambassador: His Exellency Pieter G. J . KOORNHOF Chancery: 3051 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. 20008
Gabon Ambassador: His Excellency Jean Robert ODZAGA Chancery: 2034 20th Street, N.W. 20009
Sudan Ambassador: His Excellency Salah AHMED Chancery: 2210 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. 20008
Gambia Charge d'Affaires: Omar SECKA Chancery: 19 E. 47th Street, New York 10017
Swaziland Ambassador: His Excellency Peter H. MTETWA Chancery: 4301 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. 20008
Ghana Ambassador: His Excellency Eric K. OTOO Chancery: 2460 16th Street, N.W. 20009
Tanzania
Guinea Ambassador: His Excellency Tolo BEAVOGUI Chancery: 2112 leroy Place, N.W. 20008
Togo Ambassador: His Excellency Ellom-K6djo SCHUPPIUS Chancery: 2208 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. 20008
Guinea-Bissau
Tunisia
Ambassador: His Excellency Alfredo lopes CABRAL Chancery: Suite 604, 211 E. 43rd Street, New York 10017
Ambassador: His Excellency Asterius M. HYERA Chancery: 2139 R Street, N.W. 20008
Ambassador: His Excellency Habib BEN YAHIA Chancery: 1515 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. 20005
Celie d'lvoire Ambassador: His Excellency Rene AMANY Chancery: 2424 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. 20008
Uganda Ambassador: Her Excellency Elizabeth BAGAAYA NYABONGO Chancery: 5909 16th Street, N.W. 20011
Kenya
Ambassador: Sospeter· Onuko MAGETO Chancery: 2249 R Street, N.W. 20008
Zaire Ambassador: His Excellency NGUZA Karli-Bond Chancery: 1800 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. 20009
Lesotho Ambassador: His Excellency William T. VAN TONDER Chancery: Caravel Bldg., Suite 300, 1601 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. 20009
Zambia Ambassador: His Excellency Nalumino MUNDIA Chancery: 2419 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. 20008
liberia Ambassador: Her Excellency Eugenie STEVENSON Chancery: 520116th Street, N.W. 20011 libya
Zimbabwe Ambassador: His Excellency Edmund Richard Mashoko GARWE Chancery: 2852 McGill Terrace, N.W. 20008
Libyan interests are represented in Washington
For biographical information, see "The Envoys: Inside the Washington Diplomatic Corps" in the September 1986 issue of Dossier
by the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, 600 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. 20037
CSIS Africa Notes, November 22, 1986
(3301 New Mexico Avenue, N.W., Washington, U.C. 20016).
University Center for Strategic and International Studies
No. 64 • November 22, 1986
Who's Who, and Where A Guide to Key Personnel in U.S.-African Diplomatic Relations
U.S. Embassies in Africa Algeria (Algiers) Ambassador: L. Craig Johnstone
Gambia (Banjul) Ambassador: Herbert E. Horowitz
Nigeria (Lagos) Ambassador: Princeton Lyman
Angola (Luanda) Diplomatic relations not yet established
Ghana (Accra) Ambassador: Steven R. Lyne
Rwanda (Kigali) Ambassador: John Edwin Upston
Benin (Cotonou) Ambassador: Walter E. Stadtler
Guinea (Conakry) Charge d'Affaires: William Mithoefer
Botswana (Gaborone) Ambassador: Natale H. Bellocchi
Guinea-Bissau (Bissau) Ambassador: John Blacken
Sao Tome & Principe (Sao Tome) Relations managed from U.S. Embassy, Gabon
Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou) Ambassador: Leonardo Neher
Cote d'lvoire (Abidjan) Ambassador: Dennis Kux
Burundi (Bujumbura) Ambassador: James D. Phillips
Kenya (Nairobi) Ambassador: Elinor Greer Constable
Cameroon (Yaounde) Ambassador: Myles R. R. Frechette
Lesotho (Maseru) Ambassador: Dr. S. L. Abbott
Cape Verde (Praia) Ambassador: Vernon Dubois Prenner, Jr.
Liberia (Monrovia) Charge d'Affaires: Keith Wauchoup
Central African Republic (Bangui) Ambassador: David C. Fields
Libya (Tripoli) U.S. interests represented by the Embassy of Belgium
Chad (N'Djamena) Ambassador: John Blane
Madagascar (Antananarivo) Ambassador: Patrick Gates Lynch
Comoros (Moroni) Relations managed from U.S. Embassy, Madagascar Congo (Brazzaville) Ambassador: Alan W. Lukens Djibouti (Djibouti) Ambassador: John P. Ferriter Egypt (Cairo) Ambassador: Frank G. Wisner Equatorial Guinea (Malabo) Ambassador: Francis S. Ruddy Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) Charge d'Affaires: James R. Cheek Gabon (Libreville) Ambassador: Larry C. Williamson
· Malawi (Lilongwe) Ambassador: Weston Adams
Senegal (Dakar) Ambassador: Lannon Walker Seychelles (Victoria) Ambassador: Irvin Hicks Sierra Leone (Freetown) Ambassador: Cynthia Shepard Perry Somalia (Mogadiscio) Ambassador: Frank Crigler South Africa (Pretoria) Ambassador: Edward J. Perkins Sudan (Khartoum) Ambassador: G. Norman Anderson Swaziland (Mbabane) Ambassador: Harvey F. Nelson, Jr. Tanzania (Dar es Salaam) Ambassador: Donald K. Petterson
Mali (Bamako) Ambassador: Robert J. Ryan, Jr.
Togo (Lome) Ambassador: David A. Korn
Mauritania (Nouakchott) Ambassador: Robert Pugh
Tunisia (Tunis) Ambassador: Robert H. Pelletreau, Jr.
Mauritius (Port Louis) Ambassador: Ronald D. Palmer
Uganda (Kampala) Ambassador: Robert Houdek
Morocco (Rabat) Ambassador: Thomas A. Nassif
Zaire (Kinshasa) Ambassador: Brandon H. Grove, Jr.
Mozambique (Maputo) Ambassador: Melissa Wells
Zambia (Lusaka) Ambassador: Paul J. Hare
Niger (Niamey) Ambassador: Richard W. Bogosian
Zimbabwe (Harare) Ambassador: James W. Rawlings
Editor: Helen Kitchen, Director of African Studies • Research Associate: J. Coleman Kitchen, Jr. • Production/Circulation: Evelyn Barnes CSIS Africa Notes, Suite 400, 1800 K Street, NW., Washington, D.C. 20006 • Telephone (202) 887-0219 • ISSN 0736-9506
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African Ambassadors to the United States (Washington, D.C. unless otherwise noted) Algeria Ambassador: His Excellency Mohamed SAHNOUN Chancery: 2118 Kalorama Road, N. W. 20008
Madagascar Ambassador: His Excellency leon M. RAJAOBEUNA Chancery: 2374 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. 20008
Angola Diplomatic relations not yet established
Malawi Ambassador: His Excellency Timon MANGWAZU Chancery: Bristol House, 1400 20th Street, N. W. 20036
Benin
Ambassador: His Excellency Guy Landry HAZOUME Chancery: 2737 Cathedral Avenue, N.W. 20008 Botswana Ambassador: His Excellency Serara T. KETI.OGETSWE Chancery: Suite 404, 4301 Connecticut Avenue, N. W. 20006
Burkina Faso Ambassador: His Excellency Leandre BASSOLE Chancery: 2340 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. 20008 Burundi Ambassador: His Excellency Edouard KADIGIRI Chancery: Suite 212, 2233 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W. 20007 Cameroon
Ambassador: His Excellency Paul POND! Chancery: 2349 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. 20008 Cape Verde Ambassador: His Excellency Jose luis FERNANDES LOPES Chancery: 3415 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. 20007 Central African Republic Ambassador: His Excellency Christian UNGAMA-TOLEQUE Chancery: 1618 22nd Street, N.W. 20008 Chad Ambassador: Mahamat Ali ADOUM Chancery: 2002 R Street, N.W. 20009 Comoros
Ambassador: His Excellency Ali MLAHAIU (concurrently Ambassador to the United States and the UN, resides in the Comoros)
Mall Ambassador: His Excellency Lassana KElT A Chancery: 2130 R Street, N.W. 20008 Mauritania
Ambassador: His Excellency Abdellah OULD DADDAH Chancery: 2129 leroy Place, N. W. 20008 Mauritius Ambassador: His Excellency Chitmansing JESSERAMSING Chancery: Suite 134, 4301 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. 20008 Morocco
Ambassador: His Excellency Maati JORIO Chancery: 1601 21st Street, N.W. 20009 Mozambique Ambassador: His Excellency Valeriano FERRAO Chancery: Suite 570, 1990 M Street, N.W. 20037
Niger Ambassador: His Excellency Joseph DIATTA Chancery: 2204 R Street, N.W. 20008 Nigeria Ambassador: His Excellency Ignatius C. OLISEMEKA Chancery: 2201 M Street, N.W. 20037 Rwanda
Ambassador: His Excellency Simon INSONERE Chancery: 1714 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. 20008
Ambassador: His Excellency Stanislas BATCH! Chancery: 4891 Colorado Avenue, N.W. 20011
Sao Tome & Principe Ambassador: His Excellency Joaquim Rafael BRANCO Chancery: Suite 1504, 801 Second Avenue, New York 10017 Senegal Ambassador: His Excellency Falilou KANE Chancery: 2112 Wyoming Avenue, N. W. 20008
Djibouti Ambassador: His Excellency Saleh Hadji FARAH DIRIR Chancery: Suite 4011, 866 United Nations Plaza, New York 10017
Seychelles Ambassador: Her Excellency Giovinella GONTHIER Chancery: Suite 203, 820 Second Avenue, New York 10017
Egypt Ambassador: His Excellency al Sayed Abdel Raoul al REEDY Chancery: 2310 Decatur Place, N.W. 20008
Ambassador: His Excellency Dauda S. KAMARA Chancery: 1701 19th Street, N.W. 20009
Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Sierra Leone
Ambassador: His Excellency Florencio MAYE ELA Chancery: Suite 1403, 801 Second Avenue, New York 10017
Somalia Ambassador: His Excellency Abdullahi Ahmed ADDOU Chancery: Suite 710, 600 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. 20037
Ethiopia Charge d' Alfaires: Girma AMARE Chancery: 2134 Kalorama Road, N.W. 20008
South Africa Ambassador: His Exellency Pieter G. J . KOORNHOF Chancery: 3051 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. 20008
Gabon Ambassador: His Excellency Jean Robert ODZAGA Chancery: 2034 20th Street, N.W. 20009
Sudan Ambassador: His Excellency Salah AHMED Chancery: 2210 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. 20008
Gambia Charge d'Affaires: Omar SECKA Chancery: 19 E. 47th Street, New York 10017
Swaziland Ambassador: His Excellency Peter H. MTETWA Chancery: 4301 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. 20008
Ghana Ambassador: His Excellency Eric K. OTOO Chancery: 2460 16th Street, N.W. 20009
Tanzania
Guinea Ambassador: His Excellency Tolo BEAVOGUI Chancery: 2112 leroy Place, N.W. 20008
Togo Ambassador: His Excellency Ellom-K6djo SCHUPPIUS Chancery: 2208 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. 20008
Guinea-Bissau
Tunisia
Ambassador: His Excellency Alfredo lopes CABRAL Chancery: Suite 604, 211 E. 43rd Street, New York 10017
Ambassador: His Excellency Asterius M. HYERA Chancery: 2139 R Street, N.W. 20008
Ambassador: His Excellency Habib BEN YAHIA Chancery: 1515 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. 20005
Celie d'lvoire Ambassador: His Excellency Rene AMANY Chancery: 2424 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. 20008
Uganda Ambassador: Her Excellency Elizabeth BAGAAYA NYABONGO Chancery: 5909 16th Street, N.W. 20011
Kenya
Ambassador: Sospeter· Onuko MAGETO Chancery: 2249 R Street, N.W. 20008
Zaire Ambassador: His Excellency NGUZA Karli-Bond Chancery: 1800 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. 20009
Lesotho Ambassador: His Excellency William T. VAN TONDER Chancery: Caravel Bldg., Suite 300, 1601 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. 20009
Zambia Ambassador: His Excellency Nalumino MUNDIA Chancery: 2419 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. 20008
liberia Ambassador: Her Excellency Eugenie STEVENSON Chancery: 520116th Street, N.W. 20011 libya
Zimbabwe Ambassador: His Excellency Edmund Richard Mashoko GARWE Chancery: 2852 McGill Terrace, N.W. 20008
Libyan interests are represented in Washington
For biographical information, see "The Envoys: Inside the Washington Diplomatic Corps" in the September 1986 issue of Dossier
by the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, 600 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. 20037
CSIS Africa Notes, November 22, 1986
(3301 New Mexico Avenue, N.W., Washington, U.C. 20016).
