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African Commission

List of African Commissioners 1987-2011

The names in italics are those of currently serving Commissioners.

West Africa

  • Judge Koffi Améga (Togo)
  • the late A.B. Bèye (Mali)
  • Prof. E.V.O. Dankwa (Ghana)
  • Justice Vera Duarté-Martins (Cape Verde)
  • Mr S.S. Janneh (The Gambia)
  • Mrs Jainaba Johm (The Gambia)
  • Justice Y. Ndiaye (Sénégal)
  • Prof. U. Umozurike (Nigeria)
  • Amb. (Mrs) Salimata Sawadogo (Burkina Faso)
  • Mr Mohamed Abdellahi Ould Babana (Mauritania)
  • Me Reine Alapini-Gansou (Benin) [Chair]
  • Mr Musa Ngary Bitaye (The Gambia)
  • Mrs Catherine Dupe Atoki (Nigeria)
  • Me Soyata Maiga (Mali)


North Africa

  • Mr. M. H. Ben Salem (Tunisia)
  • Dr Ali Bouhedma (Libya)
  • Dr I. B. EI-Sheikh (Egypt)
  • Ambassador Kamel Rezag-Bara (Algeria)
  • Mr Yaser Sid Ahmad El-Hassan (Sudan)
  • Mr Mohammed Fayek (Egypt)
  • Mr Mohamed Bechir Khalfallah (Tunisia)

Southern Africa

  • Mr Mubanga-Chipoya (Zambia)
  • Dr Barney Pityana (South Africa)
  • the late Judge Moleleki Mokama (Botswana)
  • Mr Andrew Chigovera (Zimbabwe)
  • Dr Vera Chirwa (Malawi)
  • Justice Sanji Mmasenono Monageng (Botswana)
  • Dr Angela Melo (Mozambique)
  • Mr Mumba Malila (Zambia) [Vice Chair]
  • Adv. (Ms) Faith Pansy Tlakula (South Africa)
  • Justice Yeung Kam John Yeung Sik Yuen (Mauritius)

Central Africa

  • Mr Alexis Gabou (Congo)
  • the late Prof. Isaac Nguema (Gabon)
  • Mrs Julienne Ondziel-Gnelenga (Congo)
  • Justice Lucy Asuagbor (Cameroon)


East Africa

  • the late Ambassador Grace lbingira (Uganda)
  • Mrs Florence Butegwa (Uganda)
  • Justice R. H. Kissanga (Tanzania)
  • Mr Bahame Tom Mukirya Nyanduga (Tanzania)
  • Mrs Zainabo Sylvie Kayitesi (Rwanda)