Number 82 February 29, 1988 A publication of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C. Whos Who, and Where: A Guide to Key Personnel in U.S.-African Diplomacy In the first issue of CSIS Africa Notes (July 1, 1982), I wrote: "With the publication of CSIS Africa Notes, a new dimension is added to the Center's African Studies Program. Not all articles we publish . will be as irreverent as this issue's tour of five countries of East Africa [Jerry Funk's "Observations on Strategic Realities and Ideological Red Herrings on the Horn of Africa"], but all will be concerned in one way or another with destereotyping. The problem with boxing and labeling African leaders and states as 'good guys' and 'bad guys' is that boxes and labels devised in either Moscow or Washington tend to disintegrate in the African sun. Thus, we will be looking through a variety of prisms at African political configurations, personalities, conflicts, economic pressures, external relationships , ... and policy options for the United States." In the five and a half years since the 1982 launching, we have produced 82 issues on a wide range of policy-relevant topics (see list on page 7) written by more than 40 authors. Our subscribers in the United States and in over 30 other countries fall generally into the categories whose special needs we sought to serve from the outset- "decision makers, analysts, and trailblazers with Africa-related responsibilities in governments, corporations, the media; research institutions, universities, and other arenas." One of the most popular issues published from time to time has been our "Who's Who, and Where" guide to key personalities in U.S.-African diplomatic relations. In response to many recent requests, this No. 82 provides a 1988 update on African ambassadors and embassies in Washington, U.S. embassies and ambassadors in Africa, and the structure and key Africa-relevant officials of the Department of State. It also includes some new reference material. This special issue of CSIS Africa Notes was researched and coordinated by Jean-Paul Paddack, who joined the African Studies Program in May 1987. Helen Kitchen Director of African Studies 2 I CSIS AFRICA NOTES U.S. Embassies in Africa Algeria (Algiers) · Gabon (Libreville) Nigeria (Lagos) Ambassador: L. Craig Johnstone Ambassador: Larry C. Williamson Ambassador: Princeton Lyman Angola (Luanda) Gambia (Banjul) Rwanda (Kigali) Diplomatic relations not yet established Ambassador: Herbert E. Horowitz Ambassador: Leonard H.O. Spearman, Sr. Benin (Cotonou) Ghana (Accra) Ambassador: Walter E. Stadtler Ambassador: Stephen R. Lyne Sao Tome & Principe (Sao Tome) Relations managed from Botswana (Gaborone) Guinea (Conakry) U.S. Embassy, Gabon Ambassador: Natale H. Bellocchi Ambassador: Samuel Edward Lupo Senegal (Dakar) Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou) Guinea-Bissau (Bissau) Ambassador:· Lannon Walker Ambassador: David Schinn Ambassador: John Dale Blacken Seychelles (Victoria) Burundi (Bujumbura) Kenya (Nairobi) Ambassador: James Moran Ambassador: James D. Phillips Ambassador: Elinor Greer Constable Sierra Leone (Freetown) Cameroon (Yaounde) Lesotho (Maseru) Ambassador: Cynthia Shepard Perry Ambassador: Mark L. Edelman Ambassador: Robert Smalley Somalia (Mogadiscio) Cape Verde (Praia) Liberia (Monrovia) Ambassador: Frank Crigler Ambassador: Vernon Dubois Penner, Jr. Ambassador: James K. Bishop South Africa (Pretoria) Central Afri~an Republic (Bangui) Libya (Tripoli) Ambassador: Edward J . Perkins Ambassador: David C. Fields U.S. interests represented by the Embassy of Belgium Sudan (Khartoum) Chad (N'Djamena) Ambassador: G. Norman Anderson Ambassador: John Blane Madagascar (Antananarivo) Ambassador: Patricia Gates Lynch Swaziland (Mbabane) Comoros (Moroni) Ambassador: Harvey E Nelson, Jr. Relations managed from Malawi (Lilongwe) U.S. Embassy, Madagascar Ambassador-designate: George Trail Tanzania (Dar es Salaam) Ambassador: Donald K. Petterson Congo (Brazzaville) Mali (Bamako) Ambassador: Leonard Grant Schurtleff Ambassador: Robert Pringle Togo (Lome) Ambassador: David A. Korn Cote d'lvoire (Abidjan) Mauritania (Nouakchott) Ambassador: Dennis Kux Ambassador: Robert Pugh Tunisia (Tunis) Ambassador: Robert H. Pelletreau, Jr. Djibouti (Djibouti) Mauritius (Port Louis) Ambassador: John P. Ferriter Ambassador: Ronald D. Palmer Uganda (Kampala) Ambassador: Robert Houdek Egypt (Cairo) Morocco (Rabat) Ambassador: Frank G. Wisner Ambassador: Thomas A. Nassif Zaire (Kinshasa) Ambassador: William Harrop Equatorial Guinea (Malabo) Mozambique (Maputo) Ambassador: Chester E. Norris, Jr. Ambassador: Melissa Wells Zambia (Lusaka) Ambassador: Paul J. Hare Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) Niger (Niamey) Charge d'Affaires: James R. Cheek Ambassador: Richard W. Bogosian Zimbabwe (Harare) Ambassador: James W. Rawlings CSIS AFRICA NOTES is a briefing paper series SUBSCRIPTION RATE CSIS Africa Notes is sent designed to serve the special needs of decision makers airmail/first class to subscribers worldwide. The annual and analysts with Africa-related responsibilities in subscription price for 13 issues and occasional governments, corporations, the media, research supplements is $48.00. Please make checks payable to: institutions, universities, and other arenas. It is a CSIS Africa Notes, Suite 400, 1800 K Street, N.W., publication of the African Studies Program of the Center Washington, D.C. 20006, U.SA Telephone: (202) 887-Q219. for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C. Telex: 7108229583. Cables: CENSTRAT. CSIS is a private, nonpartisan, nonprofit policy research FAX: (202) n5-3199. institute founded in 1962. ISSN 0736-9506 EDITOR: Director of African Studies Helen Kitchen. CSIS AFRICA NOTES I 3 African Ambassadors to the United States (Washington, D.C. unless otherwise noted) Algeria Malawi Ambassador: His Excellency Mohamed SAHNOUN Ambassador: His Excellency Timon MANGWAZU Chancery: 2118 Kalorama Road, N.W. 20008 Chancery: Bristol House, 1400 20th Street, N.W. 20036 Angola Mali Diplomatic relations not yet established Ambassador: His Excellency Nouhoum SAMASSEKOU Benin Chancery: 2130 R Street, N. W. 20008 Charge d'Affaires: Corneille MEHISSOU Chancery: 2737 Cathedral Avenue, N. W. 20008 Mauritania Ambassador: His Excellency Abdellah OULD DADDAH Botswana Ambassador: His Excellency Serara T. KETLOGETSWE Chancery: 2129 Leroy Place, N. W. 20008 Chancery: Suite 404, 4301 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. 20006 Mauritius Burkina Faso Ambassador: His Excellency Chitmansing JESSERAMSING Charge d'Affaires: Jean K. DIASSO Chancery: Suite 134, 4301 Connecticut Avenue, N. W. 20008 Chancery: 2340 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. 20008 Morocco Burundi Ambassador: His Excellency M'hamed BARGACH Ambassador: His Excellency Edouard KADIGIRI Chancery: 1601 21st Street, N.W. 20009 Chancery: Suite 212, 2233 Wisconsin Avenue, N. W. 20007 Cameroon Mozambique Ambassador: His Excellency Paul PONDI Ambassador: His Excellency Valeriano FERRAO Chancery: 2349 Massachusetts Avenue, N. W. 20008 Chancery: Suite 570, 1990 M Street, N.W. 20037 Cape Verde Niger Ambassador: His Excellency Jose Luis FERNANDES LOPES Ambassador: His Excellency Joseph DIATTA Chancery: 3415 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. 20007 Chancery: 2204 R Street, N.W. 20008 Central African Republic Nigeria Ambassador: His Excellency Christian LINGAMA-TOLEQUE Chancery: 1618 22nd Street, N. W. 20008 Ambassador: His Excellency Hamzat AHMADU Chancery: 2201 M Street, N.W. 20037 Chad Ambassador: His Excellency Mahamat Ali ADOUM Rwanda Chancery: 2002 R Street, N. W. 20009 Ambassador: His Excellency Aloys UWIMANA Comoros Chancery: 1714 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. 20008 Ambassador: His Excellency Hamini Ali MOUMIN Sao Tome & Principe (concurrently ambassador to the United States and the UN; Ambassador: His Excellency Joaquim Rafael BRANCO resides in the Comoros) Chancery: Suite 1504, 801 Second Avenue, New York 10017 Congo Senegal Ambassador: His Excellency Benjamin BOUNKOULOU Ambassador: His Excellency Falilou KANE Chancery: 4891 Colorado Avenue, N.W. 20011 Chancery: 2112 Wyoming Avenue, N.W. 20008 COte d'lvoire Ambassador: His Excellency Charles GOMIS Seychelles Chancery: 2424 Massachusetts Avenue, N. W. 20008 Charge d'Affaires: Marc R. MARENGO Djibouti Chancery: Suite 203, 820 Second Avenue, New York 10017 Ambassador: His Excellency Roble OLHAYE Sierra Leone Chancery: Suite 4011, 866 United Nations Plaza, New York 10017 Ambassador: His Excellency Sahr MATTURI Egypt Chancery: 1701 19th Street, N.W. 20009 Ambassador: His Excellency al Sayed Abdel Raoul al REEDY Chancery: 2310 Decatur Place, N.W. 20008 Somalia Ambassador: His Excellency Abdullahi Ahmed ADDOU Equatorial Guinea Chancery: Suite 710, 600 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. 20037 Charge d'Affaires: Pedro Edjang MBA MEDJA Chancery: Suite 1403, 801 Second Avenue, New York 10017 South Africa Ethiopia Ambassador: His Excellency Pieter G.J. KOORNHOF Charge d'Affaires: Girma AMARE Chancery: 3051 Massachusetts Avenue, N. W. 20008 Chancery: 2134 Kalorama Road, N.W. 20008 Sudan Gabon Ambassador: His Excellency Salah AHMED Ambassador: His Excellency Jean Robert ODZAGA Chancery: 2210 Massachusetts Avenue, N. W. 20008 Chancery: 2034 20th Street, N.W. 20009 Swaziland Gambia Charge d'Affaires: Carlton C.M. DLAMINI Ambassador: His Excellency Ousman SALAH Chancery: 4301 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. 20008 Chancery: 19 E. 47th Street, New York 10017 Tanzania Ghana His Excellency Asterius M. HYERA Ambassador: His Excellency Eric K. OTOO Chancery: 2139 R Street, N.W. 20008 Chancery: 2460 16th Street, N.W. 20009 Togo Guinea Ambassador: His Excellency