Best Nicknames

These are the names of the First Ladies of African countries, arranged in alphabetical order by country. Last update: January 29, 2023.

Algeria: Fatima Zohra Bella
Angola – Ana Afonso Dias Lourenço
Benin – Claudine Gbènagnon
Botswana: Neo Jane Masisi
Burundi – Angélique Ndayubaha
Cameroon – Chantal Biya
Cape Verde – Débora Katisa Carvalho
Chad – Hinda Déby Itno
Comoros – Ambari Daroueche
Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) – Dominique Folloroux-Ouattara
Democratic Republic of the Congo – Denise Nyakeru Tshisekedi
Djibouti – Kadra Mahamoud Haid
Egypt – Entissar Amer
Equatorial Guinea – Constancia Mangue de Obiang
Eritrea – Saba Haile
Gabon – Sylvia Bongo Ondimba
Ghana – Rebecca Akufo-Addo
Guinea – Lauriane Doumbouya
Guinea-Bissau – Dinisia Reis Embaló
Kenya – Rachel Chebet Ruto
Lesotho – Queen ‘Masenate Mohato Seeiso
(born Anna Karabo Mots’oeneng)
Liberia – Clar Weah
Libya: Sara al-Menfi
Madagascar – Mialy Rajoelina
Malawi – Monica Chakwera
Mali – Lala Diallo
Mauritania – Lady Tekber Mint Melainine Ould Ahmed
Mauritius: Sayukta Roopun
Morocco – Princess Lalla Salma
Mozambique – Isaura Nyusi
Niger: Hadiza Bazoum
Nigeria – Aisha Buhari
Republic of the Congo – Antoinette Sassou Nguesso
Rwanda – Jeannette Nyiramongi
São Tomé and Príncipe – Nana Travoada
Senegal – Marieme Faye Sall
Seychelles – Linda Ramkalawan
Sierra Leone – Fatima Maada Bio
South Africa – Tshepo Motsepe
South Sudan – Mary Ayen Mayardit
Tunisia – Ichraf Chebil
Uganda – Janet Museveni
Zambia – Mutinta Hichilema
Zimbabwe – Auxillia Mnangagwa

Female Presidents:
Ethiopia: Sahle-Work Zewde
Tanzania: Samia Suluhu Hassani (Husband: Hafidh Ameirin)
 

 
Multiple Wives
Central African Republic: Faustin-Archange Touadéra has 2 wives:
· Brigitte Touadéra
· Marguerite “Tina” Touadéra
Eswatini: King Mswati III reportedly has 14 wives
Gambia: President Adama Barrow has 2 wives
· Fatoumatta Bah
· Sarjo Mballow
Somalia: Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has 2 wives
· Sahro Hassan
· Qamar Ali
Togo: President Faure Gnassingbé reportedly has 8 or 9 wives

Divorced:
N/A

Wife’s Name Not Known:
N/A ​

Marital Status Not Known:
Burkina Faso: President, Ibrahim Traoré
Ethiopia: Sahle-Work Zewde

Government in Transition:
Sudan

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