Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. president to make a state visit to sub-Saharan Africa, declaring “the day of the so-called ugly American is over.”

Jimmy Carter helped expand democracy around the world long after he left the White House. His efforts gave rise to the Carter Center, which promotes fair elections as a vehicle for peace.

President Jimmy Carter prioritised promoting democracy globally, particularly in countries like Zimbabwe and Panama. The Carter Center, established in 1982, has monitored over 125 elections in 40 countries to support fair elections and peace.

Jimmy Carter, the United States’ longest-lived president ... which was about to end during his presidency. His support for Robert Mugabe at the time generated widespread criticism. He was said to have ignored the warnings of many prominent Zimbabweans ...

President Jimmy Carter meets with Zimbabwean Prime Minister Robert Mugabe in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Aug. 27, 1980. Credit: AP/Barry Thumma Even as a candidate ...

Carter hosted then-Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe at the White House soon after his country achieved independence and later described Zimbabwe’s adoption of democracy as “our greatest single ...

Carter welcomed Zimbabwe’s independence just four years later, hosting new Prime Minister Robert Mugabe at the White ... The think tank Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter founded in 1982 played a key ...

Jimmy Carter helped expand democracy around the ... Carter hosted then-Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe at the White House soon after his country achieved independence and later described ...

Carter hosted then-Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe at the White House soon after ... Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, left, meets with Nicaraguan presidential candidate Daniel Ortega, of ...

Forthright and fearless, the Nobel Prize winning politician, who died this week aged 100, took pot-shots at former Prime Minister Tony Blair and ex-US President George W Bush among others.

Amid everything else on his desk the Iran hostage crisis, domestic economic turmoil, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and a gruelling 1980 reelection fight President Jimmy Carter elevated the independence of a country in southern Africa as a top agenda item.

Today’s lawmakers hailed the 39th president, but their predecessors made his four years in office a constant battle and derailed many Carter initiatives.