The African Diplomatic Corps is a body consisting of the 53

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to the

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that represent

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

n countries. Its goal is to lobby United States politicians and educate diplomats, educators, policy analysts, and the media about current events in Africa. The African Diplomatic Corps founded "Africa Week" in

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and the corps' current leader is

Serge Mombouli Serge Mombouli has been the Republic of the Congo's ambassador to the United States since 2001. He lives in Washington, D.C. He has two children with his wife Stella Mombouli. Ambassador Serge Mombouli prior to become the Chief of his country (T ...

, Ambassador of the Republic of Congo, who has been its dean since 2015. He succeeded Ambassador

Roble Olhaye Roble Olhaye (24 April 1944 – 22 July 2015) was the Permanent Representative to the United Nations for the Republic of Djibouti. He was the Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Ambassador of Djibouti to the United States from 1988 ...

of Djibouti who died July 22, 2015.

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