Graça Machel, born Graça Simbine on October 17, 1945, is a Mozambican politician, humanitarian and the only woman in the world to have been the First Lady of two different
Graça Machel, born Graça Simbine on October 17, 1945, is a Mozambican politician, humanitarian and the only woman in the world to have been the First Lady of two different
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As of my last knowledge update in January 2022, Fatou Bensouda is a Gambian lawyer and diplomat who served as the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) from
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