African Leaders - Despots and Democratic

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Col. Sam Inukoba, a leader of the All Progressive Congress in Bayelsa State (Sudan) and former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party has died a month shy of 66, of 'food poisoning'. After his recent party switch he probably had a few enemies.

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http://bolateethole.blogspot.com/2015/09/former-pdp-chairman-dies-of-food.html?m=1

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The former President of Benin, Mathieu Kérékou, passed away. No news articles outside of Africa yet but he was a notable African leader so it won't take long.

 

http://www.afrique-sur7.fr/7251/afrique-benin-le-general-mathieu-kerekou-est-decede/

Edited October 14, 2015 by Magere Hein
Post moved from topic "Political Frailty"

[Bibliogryphon 9,579]

The former President of Benin, Mathieu Kérékou, passed away. No news articles outside of Africa yet but he was a notable African leader so it won't take long.

 

http://www.afrique-sur7.fr/7251/afrique-benin-le-general-mathieu-kerekou-est-decede/

 

BBC Article

[gcreptile 10,970]

Take your pick,

 

both Yahya Jammeh of Gambia:

 

http://www.freedomnewspaper.com/gambia-yahya-jammeh-is-not-death-amid-ailing-health-gambia-receives-arms-from-north-korea/

 

and Issias Afewerki of Eritrea:

 

http://asmarino.com/news/4449-eritrea-issias-afewerki-s-health-is-deteriorating-but-alive

 

are surrounded by death rumours.

[DevonDeathTrip 2,358]

Take your pick,

 

both Yahya Jammeh of Gambia:

 

http://www.freedomnewspaper.com/gambia-yahya-jammeh-is-not-death-amid-ailing-health-gambia-receives-arms-from-north-korea/

 

and Issias Afewerki of Eritrea:

 

http://asmarino.com/news/4449-eritrea-issias-afewerki-s-health-is-deteriorating-but-alive

 

are surrounded by death rumours.

 

With regards to Jammeh, the same website which reported his ill health in the link above ran a story yesterday that he had narrowly escaped death after he was attacked by his pet lion. In 2011 the very same site also reported that he was dying of pancreatic cancer and last month they raised concerns about his sex addiction.

[Toast 16,140]

Yahya Jammeh? Surely that's one for the 'what a monicker' thread.

[gcreptile 10,970]

 

Take your pick,

 

both Yahya Jammeh of Gambia:

 

http://www.freedomnewspaper.com/gambia-yahya-jammeh-is-not-death-amid-ailing-health-gambia-receives-arms-from-north-korea/

 

and Issias Afewerki of Eritrea:

 

http://asmarino.com/news/4449-eritrea-issias-afewerki-s-health-is-deteriorating-but-alive

 

are surrounded by death rumours.

 

With regards to Jammeh, the same website which reported his ill health in the link above ran a story yesterday that he had narrowly escaped death after he was attacked by his pet lion. In 2011 the very same site also reported that he was dying of pancreatic cancer and last month they raised concerns about his sex addiction.

 

Hehe, yes, African politics is a bit of a bloodsport... There's so little restraint it looks like parody to us. And it reminds me of the time an opponent of then-presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria said he had prostate cancer, asthma and dementia and "wouldn't last long in office". Only then Buhari won and now the old, corrupt regime is running away from justice, including the oil minister you mentioned, because Buhari means business.

The situation in Gambia becomes even more complicated because just a few days later, Yahya Jammeh banned female genital mutilation. It's apparently a hugely progressive policy stance there, so maybe there was a truthful leak, or some fabrication, from inside his own camp. The régime hadn't exactly been known for it's progressive policies before.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Niger’s opposition presidential candidate Hama Amadou has for the second time in less than a week been hospitalized. The 66-year-old former Prime Minister “fainted and was taken for first aid at the Filingué district hospital,” said his personal physician Harouna Yacouba. Dr. Yacouba said the jailed opposition leader needs “proper care” explaining that the Filingué center lacked adequate equipment. Amadou, who is being held for alleged child trafficking is said to be unwell although it is not clear what condition he is suffering.
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A certain Drop Forty candidate next year, former Nigerian President and household name Ibrahim Babangida is reported to be seriously ill.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

A certain Drop Forty candidate next year, former Nigerian President and household name Ibrahim Babangida is reported to be seriously ill.

We seem to have grown up in different households.

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[msc 18,443]

 

A certain Drop Forty candidate next year, former Nigerian President and household name Ibrahim Babangida is reported to be seriously ill.

We seem to have grown up in different households.

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You know the French back in the day had a punctuation mark, which was a sort of upside down question mark which marked sarcasm or irony. We could do with it again these days.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Former Kenyan first lady Lucy Kibaki, famous for her charity work and her quick temper, has died aged 76.

Kibaki, often referred to as "Mama Lucy," died while undergoing treatment at the Bupa Cromwell Hospital.

The statement did not say what Kibaki was suffering from but she registered at the hospital earlier this year for what the family said was a routine check-up. AShe was married to Kenya's third president Mwai Kibaki, who was in power from 2002-2013 and who survives her.

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http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/breaking-news/former-kenya-first-lady-dies-in-london/news-story/98a965e24ee53dd8e9a23941bd62ea4a

[John Kettley 49]

70s/80s Burundi president Jean-Baptiste Bagaza dead at 69.

[CaptainChorizo 1,982]

A certain Drop Forty candidate next year, former Nigerian President and household name Ibrahim Babangida is reported to be seriously ill.

 

Is he "ill ill" or ill in the way Vojislav Šešelj and Yahya Jammeh seem to be every few years?

[Death Impends 7,974]

Dubious African leaders are only ever ill if they say they're fit as a fiddle and running marathons.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Hissen Habre former President of Chad has been sentenced to death

Guess that makes TODAY'S news all the more interesting.

 

Chad's former dictator Hissene Habre raises his hand during court proceedings in Dakar, Senegal, Monday, May 30, 2016. Judge Gberdao Gustave Kam declared Habre guilty and sentenced him to life in prison for crimes against humanity, war crimes and torture, in a packed courtroom, Monday.

 

I'm not versed in Chad's litigation system.... But something is askew. Anyway he won't last two years in a jail full of people HE out in there!

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http://www.seattlepi.com/news/crime/amp/Chad-s-ex-ruler-found-guilty-sentenced-to-life-7952787.php

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President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria is currently in hospital in London, either suffering from an ear infection, or having being diagnosed with brain cancer, according to wildly conflicting reports in the Nigerian press.

[Spade_Cooley 9,525]

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria is currently in hospital in London, either suffering from an ear infection, or having being diagnosed with brain cancer, according to wildly conflicting reports in the Nigerian press.

 

The other rumour is he is suffering from neither, and is instead engaging in surreptitious meetings with Niger Delta militants.

[Death Impends 7,974]

Former Kenyan first lady Lucy Kibaki, famous for her charity work and her quick temper, has died aged 76.

Kibaki, often referred to as "Mama Lucy," died while undergoing treatment at the Bupa Cromwell Hospital.

The statement did not say what Kibaki was suffering from but she registered at the hospital earlier this year for what the family said was a routine check-up. AShe was married to Kenya's third president Mwai Kibaki, who was in power from 2002-2013 and who survives her.

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http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/breaking-news/former-kenya-first-lady-dies-in-london/news-story/98a965e24ee53dd8e9a23941bd62ea4a

 

Mwai Kibaki has been hospitalized in South Africa for specialist treatment, with unconfirmed reports he's suffered a stroke.

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A short list in a period whick definitely lacks of big deaths. Only born before 1940 are in.

 

*Robert Mugabe (1924), the perennial dictator of Zimbabwe, rumoured to be in poor health mainly because of unconfirmed prostate cancer.

*Girma Wolde-Giorgis (1924), former president of Ethiopia. Not ill, but fat as hell. Could have a bad stroke some day.

*Shehu Shagari (1925), former president of Nigeria

*Olusegun Obasanjo (1937) former president of Nigeria

*Dawda Jawara (1924), the father of Gambia in exile. Again not ill, only old.

*Kenneth Kaunda (1924) father of Zambia. Hospitalized for fever in 2014.

*Daniel arap Moi (1924), former Kenyan president. Again, no notable health issues.

*Mwai Kibaki (1931) former president of Kenya

*Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925) former president of Tanzania

*Cleopa Msuya (1931) former PM of Tanzania

*Quett Masire (1925) former Botswana president

*Abdoulaye Wade (1926) the perennial politician of Senegal. Still very active.

*Abdou Diouf (1935) former president of Senegal.

*Hosni Mubarak (1928) We all know him.

*Pascal Lissouba (1931) former president of Congo

*Paul Biya (1933) president of Cameroon

*Pedro Pires (1934) former president of Cape Verde

*Yakubu Gowon (1934) Nigerian president

*Nicephore Soglo (1935) former Benin president

*Menghistu (1937) Ethiopian dictator, now exiled chez Mugabe in Zimbabwe

*Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1937) former DL pick.

*Beji Caid Essebsi (1926), Tunisian president. Weird looking to be an African. He is said to have Italian origins.

*Zine Ben Ali (1936) Tunisian president overthrown.

*Fouad Mebazaa (1933) Tunisian president

*Didier Ratsiraka (1936) former president of Madagascar

*Albert Zafy (1927) former president of Madagascar

*Norbert Ratsirahonana (1938) former president of Madagascar

*John Kufuor (1938) former president of Ghana

*Alpha Condé (1938) president of Guinea

*Moussa Traoré (1936) fomer presidet of Mali

*Joaquim Chissano (1939) former president of Mozambique

*Sam Nujoma (1929) former president of Namibia

*Hifikepunye Pohamba (1935) former president of Namibia

*Henri Konan Bédié (1934) former president of Ivory Coast

*Ellen Sirleaf (1938) president of Liberia

*Ruth Perry (1939) interim president of Liberia

[gcreptile 10,970]

Malawi president Peter Mutharika rumoured to be in critical condition in a US hospital:

 

http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi-govt-denies-president-mutharikas-critical-condition-america-rumour-mongers-warned/

[Sir Creep 7,070]

The President of Malawi, Bingu wa Mutharika, is in a French hospital recovering from a "hernia operation."This article, published in June, suggests his problems are a little more serious.

"The cancer has spread so much that it is life theatening," a source privy to the President's health disclosed.

Says here he has the internal organs of a 30-year old. I'm guessing a 30-year old captive tiger maybe.

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http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/10/malawi-peter-mutharika-dismisses-ill-health-rumours-161022044200202.html

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The President of Malawi, Bingu wa Mutharika, is in a French hospital recovering from a "hernia operation."This article, published in June, suggests his problems are a little more serious.

"The cancer has spread so much that it is life theatening," a source privy to the President's health disclosed.

Says here he has the internal organs of a 30-year old. I'm guessing a 30-year old captive tiger maybe.

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http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/10/malawi-peter-mutharika-dismisses-ill-health-rumours-161022044200202.html

 

Bingu wa Mutharika died in 2012. You are referring to his brother Peter, who is now president of Malawi.

[Joey Russ 7,226]

 

 

The President of Malawi, Bingu wa Mutharika, is in a French hospital recovering from a "hernia operation."This article, published in June, suggests his problems are a little more serious.

 

"The cancer has spread so much that it is life theatening," a source privy to the President's health disclosed.

 

Says here he has the internal organs of a 30-year old. I'm guessing a 30-year old captive tiger maybe.

SChttp://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/10/malawi-peter-mutharika-dismisses-ill-health-rumours-161022044200202.html

Bingu wa Mutharika died in 2012. You are referring to his brother Peter, who is now president of Malawi.

If you noticed though, sir creep quoted something from 2007, when mr mutharika was still alive. Maybe it was a mistake.

[DevonDeathTrip 2,358]

King Kigeli V, Rwanda's last monarch, has died in exile in the U.S. Apparently he was 7' 2".

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/23/world/africa/kigeli-v-dead.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fobituaries&action=click&contentCollection=obituaries&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront&_r=1