This is a list of foreign ministers in 1997. Africa Algeria - Ahmed Attaf (1996-1999) Angola - Venâncio da Silva Moura (1992-1999) Benin - Pierre Osho (1996-1998) Botswana - Mompati Merafhe (1994-2008) Burkina Faso - Ablassé Ouedraogo (1994-1999) Burundi - Luc Rukingama (1996-1998) Cameroon - Ferdinand Oyono (1992-1997) Augustin Kontchou Kouomegni (1997-2001) Cape Verde - Amílcar Spencer Lopes (1996-1998) Central African Republic - Michel Gbezera-Bria (1996-1997) Jean-Mette Yapende (1997-1999) Chad - Saleh Kebzabo (1996-1997) Mahamat Saleh Annadif (1997-2003) Comoros - Said Omar Said Ahmed (1996-1997) Mouhtar Ahmed Charif (1997) Ibrahim Ali Mzimba (1997-1998) Republic of the Congo - Arsène Tsaty Boungou (1995-1997) Rodolphe Adada (1997-2007) Democratic Republic of the Congo / Zaire - Gérard Kamanda Wa Kamanda (1996-1997) Bizima Karaha (1997-1998) Côte d'Ivoire - Amara Essy (1990-2000) Djibouti - Mohamed Moussa Chehem (1995-1999) Egypt - Amr Moussa (1991-2001) Equatorial Guinea - Miguel Oyono Ndong Mifumu (1993-1999) Eritrea - Petros Solomon (1994-1997) Haile Woldetensae (1997-2000) Ethiopia - Seyoum Mesfin (1991-2010) Gabon - Casimir Oyé-Mba (1994-1999) The Gambia - Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne (1995-1997) Omar Njie (1997-1998) Ghana - Obed Asamoah (1981-1997) Kwamena Ahwoi (1997) Victor Gbeho (1997-2001) Guinea - Lamine Camara (1996-1999) Guinea-Bissau - Fernando Delfim da Silva (1996-1999) Kenya - Kalonzo Musyoka (1993-1998) Lesotho - Kelebone Maope (1995-1998) Liberia - Monie Captan (1996-2003) Libya - Umar Mustafa al-Muntasir (1992-2000) Madagascar - Evariste Marson (1996-1997) Herizo Razafimahaleo (1997-1998) Malawi - George Ntafu (1996-1997) Mapopa Chipeta (1997-1999) Mali - Dioncounda Traoré (1994-1997) Modibo Sidibe (1997-2002) Mauritania - Lemrabott Sidi Mahmoud Ould Cheikh Ahmed (1996-1997) Ahmed Sidi Ould Khalifa (1997) Abdallahi Ould Nem (1997) Sow Abou Demha (1997) Mohamed El Hacen Ould Lebatt (1997-1998) Mauritius - Paul Bérenger (1995-1997) Navin Ramgoolam (1997) Rajkeswur Purryag (1997-2000) Morocco - Abdellatif Filali (1985-1999) Western Sahara - Malainine Sadik (1995-1997) Bachir Mustafa Sayed (1997-1998) Mozambique - Leonardo Simão (1994-2005) Namibia - Theo-Ben Gurirab (1990-2002) Niger - Ibrahim Hassane Mayaki (1996-1997) Maman Sambo Sidikou (1997-1999) Nigeria - Tom Ikimi (1995-1998) Rwanda - Anastase Gasana (1994-1999) São Tomé and Príncipe - Homero Jeronimo Salvaterra (1996-1999) Senegal - Moustapha Niasse (1993-1998) Seychelles - Danielle de St. Jorre (1989-1997) France-Albert René (1997) Jérémie Bonnelame (1997-2005) Sierra Leone - Shirley Gbujama (1996-1997) Paolo Bangura (1997-1998) Somalia - no central government Somaliland - Mahmud Salah Nur (1997-2001) South Africa - Alfred Baphethuxolo Nzo (1994-1999) Sudan - Ali Osman Taha (1995-1998) Swaziland - Arthur Khoza (1995-1998) Tanzania - Jakaya Kikwete (1995-2006) Togo - Koffi Panou (1996-1998)