African Leaders - Despots and Democratic

[The Old Crem 3,582]

4 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Edem Kodjo, PM of Togo (1994–1996, 2005–2006), has died in Paris aged 82.

He was also the Secretary-General of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) between 1978 and 1983.

No cause given?

[Ulitzer95 12,577]

10 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

No cause given?

He was 81/82.

I know it sometimes escapes us as we discuss a lot of people of such advanced ages, but the global life expectancy for a man is 70 years. In Togo where he was born it is 60, and in Paris where he died it is 82.

Probably just natural causes.
 

[The Old Crem 3,582]

9 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

He was 81/82.

I know it sometimes escapes us as we discuss a lot of people of such advanced ages, but the global life expectancy for a man is 70 years. In Togo where he was born it is 60, and in Paris where he died it is 82.

Probably just natural causes.
 

It's just they has been a few notables Africans dying in France from the virus.

[drol 11,923]

Rumors Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza is gravely ill with COVID-19 going around.

[msc 18,437]

9 minutes ago, drol said:

Rumors Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza is gravely ill with COVID-19 going around.

 

The man who claimed there was no coronavirus in his country and so safety wasn't needed? If true, Covid apparently has a sense of humour.

[YoungWillz 21,028]

2 hours ago, drol said:

Rumors Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza is gravely ill with COVID-19 going around.

I no longer know how reliable Twitter is as I can't tell from Chrome how many tweets have been made by the poster.

 

This suggests Nkurunziza is dead: https://twitter.com/BurundiGov/status/1270359764065759233

[Deathtreat23 189]

Confirmation but only giving a Heart attack as the cause! 

 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-52984119

 

[drol 11,923]

Darwin Award of the year.

[gcreptile 10,964]

The press isn't buying the heart attack:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/09/burundi-president-dies-illness-suspected-coronavirus-pierre-nkurunziz

[CoffinLodger 1,248]

2 hours ago, gcreptile said:

The press isn't buying the heart attack:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/09/burundi-president-dies-illness-suspected-coronavirus-pierre-nkurunziz

Could be.I mean, I know he's an inept idiot, but is it really credible that Boris Johnson is the only world leader who got corona virus ?

[alt obits guy 3,371]

Pierre Nkurunziza’s mother Domtillie Minani died a day after he did. She was 81 and had coronavirus.

 

https://zwnews.com/burundi-late-president-nkurunziza-mother-dies-of-covid-19-sister-successors-critically-ill-in-icu/

 

[The Old Crem 3,582]

Interesting story.

[drol 11,923]

On 31/10/2019 at 06:41, drol said:

Mwai Kibaki hospitalized. Yaaawnn.

https://www.the-star.co.ke/amp/news/2019-10-31-kibaki-admitted-at-the-nairobi-hospital-with-knee-pain/

Mwai Kibaki hospitalized. Yaaawnn.

https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2020-06-28-ex-president-kibaki-hospitalised/

[drol 11,923]

20 hours ago, drol said:

Mwai Kibaki hospitalized. Yaaawnn.

https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2020-06-28-ex-president-kibaki-hospitalised/

Mwai Kibaki not hospitalized. Yaaawnn.

https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001376969/kibaki-is-not-in-hospital-says-his-aide

[Spade_Cooley 9,515]

Ivory Coast's prime minister, and the man who would have stood for president representing the ruling party at upcoming elections, Amadou Gon Coulibaly has died aged 61.

[Éricles Souza 32]

The Coronavirus pandemic has forced African despots to stay in their countries. They were prevented from seeking medical treatment abroad and were forced to face their countries' precarious health system
Many African dictators routinely traveled abroad to seek expensive medical treatment, such as Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe, who died in Singapore last year at the age of 95. José Eduardo dos Santos, former president of Angola, also used to travel to Barcelona, Spain

Perhaps this is why these men are over 80 and 90 years old, in stark contrast to the common populations of their countries whose life expectancy in some countries like Sierra Leone reaches only 37 years.

[gcreptile 10,964]

On 20/03/2020 at 20:04, drol said:

Constantino Chiwenga airlifted back to China.

And again, last week:

https://www.newzimbabwe.com/vp-chiwenga-airlifted-to-china-for-treatment/

[ThePrematureBurial 224]

3 hours ago, gcreptile said:

And again, last week:

https://www.newzimbabwe.com/vp-chiwenga-airlifted-to-china-for-treatment/

 

Chiwenga accumulated a fortune from mining of diamonds in Zimbabwe. 

 

Could have left a few crumbs for the hospitals in his country.

 

 https://www.pazimbabwe.com/zimbabwe-35372-filthy-rich-general-chiwenga-messy-divorce-exposes-plunder-externalisation-and-offshore-properties.html

[alt obits guy 3,371]

Benjamin Mkapa, the President of Tanzania from November 1995 to December 2005, has died. He was 81.

 

https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/news/Breaking--Tanzania-s-former-President-Benjamin-Mkapa-has-died-/1840340-5598356-qgehgh/index.html

 

[drol 11,923]

On 29/06/2020 at 15:33, drol said:

Mwai Kibaki hospitalized. Yaaawnn.

https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2020-06-28-ex-president-kibaki-hospitalised/

Mwai Kibaki hospitalized. Yaaawnn. 

https://www.the-star.co.ke/amp/news/2020-07-29-kibaki-readmitted-at-nairobi-hospital/

[drol 11,923]

Just now, drol said:

Mwai Kibaki hospitalized. Yaaawnn. 

https://www.the-star.co.ke/amp/news/2020-07-29-kibaki-readmitted-at-nairobi-hospital/

Mwai Kibaki not hospitalized. Yaaawnn.

https://www.kahawatungu.com/kibakis-secretary-dismisses-hospitalization-claims/amp/

[CoffinLodger 1,248]

Just in - Wilberforce Juta is dead. https://dailypost.ng/2020/08/15/adamawa-declares-3-day-mourning-as-former-gov-wilberforce-juta-dies/

[jcc 228]

 

[Paul Bearer 6,101]

1 minute ago, jcc said:

 

So...............who died? 

[Imelda 621]

48 minutes ago, jcc said:

 

 

Given the problems they've got with endemic corruption, weak governance and a marauding Islamic militia in the north, this could well be the next failed state unless the French troops there intervene.