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Jacob Zuma Jacob Zuma
Full Name: Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
Born: 12 April 1942, Nkandla, Zululand (now part of the province of KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa.
Positions:
Career:
- Deputy President of South Africa, 1999-2005
- Member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) until 1990.
- Thursday 9 May 2013
May 8, 2013 (JUBA) – A number of key Africans presidents have condemned the killing of Ngok Dinka chief Kuol Deng Kuol in the contested border region of Abyei, warning that the incident poses a grave threat to stability and peace (...)
- Tuesday 16 October 2012
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
October 15, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) – The new head of the African Union Commission, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, took office on Monday becoming the first female to assume the top position of the 54 member continental bloc.
A (...)
- Monday 3 September 2012
September 2, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) - Ethiopia on Sunday held the funeral of the country’s long-time Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, who died last month due to an undisclosed illness. Orthodox Christian women are pictured during a funeral (...)
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