Associated Press Darlene Superville caused quite the uproar on Twitter when she failed to name Cyril Ramaphosa in a tweet, instead, calling him an “unidentified leader”.
South Africa – Cyril Ramaphosa is currently in France attending the G7 Summit. While there he was photographed by an American reporter of the White House for the Associated Press.
The reporter, Darlene Superville, captured an image of a few world leaders and shared the picture on Twitter. However, she failed to accurately name the President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, instead she just referred to him as an unidentified leader.
World leader bear hug before the group photo @ #G7Summit in Biarritz, France. @EmmanuelMacron @narendramodi @JustinTrudeau and one unidentified leader. pic.twitter.com/Ij9PsYrV2j
— darlene superville (@dsupervilleap) August 25, 2019
The Tweet caused outraged with many questioning Superville’s reporting skills. How could she fail to do a simple Google search to accurately name a standing president of a country? The Tweet went viral, but Superville and Associated Press both failed to address the blunder.
Instead, Superville retweeted the image and this time, tagged President Cyril Ramaphosa. The story gets funnier though, obviously nervous of South African Twitter, she tagged him in pictures, even if he wasn’t visible in them.
More world leader chumminess in Biarritz, France. @EmmanuelMacron @CyrilRamaphosa @JustinTrudeau @narendramodi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. pic.twitter.com/YzqKSgq412
— darlene superville (@dsupervilleap) August 26, 2019
All the drama aside, one user, Ms. Africa, decided to Tweet the name and image of every single African leader that is in office today. We found the thread to be quite educational and thought most would find so too. So below is the full Twitter thread for those who may have missed it.
Hopefully, it will teach a few people a lesson or two.
To help our struggling journalists worldwide, here are ALL African Heads of State in Pictures…
[THREAD]…1. Algeria – Abdelkader Bensalah
2. Angola – Juan Lorenço
3. Benin – Patrice Talon
4. Botswana – Mokgweetsi Masisi pic.twitter.com/x3Th1v57QQ— Ms. Africa 🌻 (@refilweafrica) August 27, 2019
African Heads of State cont’d…
5. Burkina Faso – Christian Kabore
6. Burundi – Pierre Nkurunziza
7. Cameroon – Paul Biya
8. Cape Verde – Jorge Fonseca pic.twitter.com/FcDzd6bFJg— Ms. Africa 🌻 (@refilweafrica) August 27, 2019
African Heads of State cont’d…
9. Central African Republic – Faustin Archange Touadéra
10. Chad – Idriss Déby
11. Comoros – Azali Assoumani
12. Congo – Joseph Kabila pic.twitter.com/6VfOpxrQUS— Ms. Africa 🌻 (@refilweafrica) August 27, 2019
African Heads of State cont’d…
13. Djibouti – Ismail Omar Guelleh
14. Egypt – Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
15. Equitorial Guinea – Teodoro Mbasogo
16. Eritrea – Isaias Afwerki pic.twitter.com/BNrcEs44KM— Ms. Africa 🌻 (@refilweafrica) August 27, 2019
17. Eswatini (Swaziland) – Mswati III
18. Ethiopia – Sahle-Work Zewde
19. Gabon – Ali Bongo Ondimba
20. Gambia (The) – Adama Barrow pic.twitter.com/oR7Rg4lpcX— Ms. Africa 🌻 (@refilweafrica) August 27, 2019
African Heads of State cont’d…
21. Ghana – Nana Akufo-Addo
22. Guinea – Alpha Condé
23. Guinea-Bissau – José Mário Vas
24. Ivory Coast – Alassane Ouattara pic.twitter.com/30N2f1TrcH— Ms. Africa 🌻 (@refilweafrica) August 27, 2019
African Heads of State cont’d…
25. Kenya – Uhuru Kenyatta
26. Lesotho – Letsie III
27. Liberia – George Weah
28. Libya – Aguila Saleh Issa pic.twitter.com/FLwzi6e105— Ms. Africa 🌻 (@refilweafrica) August 27, 2019
African Heads of State cont’d…
29. Madagascar – Rivo Rakotovao
30. Malawi – Peter Mutharika
31. Mali – Ibrahim Boubakar Keita
32. Mauritania – Mohamed Aziz pic.twitter.com/NrkiqL98Zn— Ms. Africa 🌻 (@refilweafrica) August 27, 2019
African Heads of State cont’d…
33. Mauritius – Barlen Vyapoory
34. Morocco – Mohamed VI
35. Mozambique – Filipe Nyusi
36. Namibia – Hage Geingob pic.twitter.com/HRhWVK5RRj— Ms. Africa 🌻 (@refilweafrica) August 27, 2019
African Heads of State cont’d…
37. Niger – Mahamadou Issoufou
38. Nigeria – Muhammadu Buhari
39. Rwanda – Paul Kagame
40. Sao Tomé & Príncipe – Evaristo Carvalho pic.twitter.com/Ngq1uBltLZ— Ms. Africa 🌻 (@refilweafrica) August 27, 2019
African Heads of State cont’d…
41. Senegal – Macky Sall
42. Seychelles – Danny Faure
43. Sierra Leone – Julius Maada Bio
44. Somalia – Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed pic.twitter.com/cN05aelbEa— Ms. Africa 🌻 (@refilweafrica) August 27, 2019
African Heads of State cont’d…
45. South Africa – Cyril Ramaphosa
46. South Sudan – Salva Kiir Mayardit
47. Sudan – Omar Al-Bashir*
48. Tanzania – John Magufuli pic.twitter.com/chZVUev5eR— Ms. Africa 🌻 (@refilweafrica) August 27, 2019
African Heads of State cont’d…
49. Togo – Faure Gnassingbé
50. Tunisia – Mohamed Ennaceur (acting)
51. Uganda – Yoweri Museveni
52. Zambia – Edgar Lungu pic.twitter.com/TWdqD1KvaF— Ms. Africa 🌻 (@refilweafrica) August 27, 2019
African Heads of State END
54. Zimbabwe – Emerson Mnangagwa pic.twitter.com/cwcUqJ7Kqk
— Ms. Africa 🌻 (@refilweafrica) August 27, 2019
Refilwe then made a few corrections.
Correction:
12. Democratic Republic of Congo – Felix Tshisekedi pic.twitter.com/99VPDnrQEb— Ms. Africa 🌻 (@refilweafrica) August 27, 2019
Correction:
29. Madagascar – Andry Rajoelina pic.twitter.com/A1AZumneJI
— Ms. Africa 🌻 (@refilweafrica) August 27, 2019
Correction:
28. Lybia – Fayez Sarray
32. Mauritania – Mohamed ould Al-Ghouzani
47. Sudan – Fattah al-Burhan pic.twitter.com/HNhfFzUZm2— Ms. Africa 🌻 (@refilweafrica) August 27, 2019
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