African Leaders - Despots and Democratic

[arghton 6,782]

22 hours ago, DCI Frank Burnside said:

Last August

 

 

https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20210524-mali-s-interim-government-appoints-new-cabinet-ministers

 

That particular Govt only named their interim cabinet today

 

 

Seems the guys who took over last August now being ousted themselves 

Also the person who ousted Moctar Oune and Bah Ndaw is none other than the original 2020 coup leader Assimi Goïta.

[arghton 6,782]

On 16/12/2020 at 10:03, drol said:

Another bodyguard of Sam Nujoma is dead, this time he shot himself in the head.

People related to and around Nujoma are falling like flies, as now Mburumba Kerina who was one of the founders of SWAPO is dead at 89 from covid:

https://informante.web.na/?p=305137

[arghton 6,782]

And now the Paramount Chief of the Herero people, Vekuii Rukoro has died aged 66:

https://www.namibian.com.na/102660/read/JUST-IN-Ovaherero-Traditional-Authority-chief-dies

Also a SWAPO member!

[arghton 6,782]

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/17/former-president-laurent-gbagbo-returns-to-ivory-coast

76-year-old Former Ivory Coast despot Laurent Gbagbo has been in a reconciliation process by former enemy, 79-year-old current President Alassane Ouattara.

Henri Konan Bedie, 87, another former President I have mentioned here before has welcomed Gbagbo back on twitter, calling him his ″younger brother″. Aww.

 

Mswati III (b. 1968) might be a good pick sooner or later. The Eswatini/Swaziland king/despot has ruled since 1986, he was the first person born in the 1960s to rule a country and the only person born in the 1960s to rule a country before the 90s (until Lesotho's Letsie III came to power)

The absolute monarch of a feudal country funded by the apartheid government has been reported ill for many times during the last 20 years. Had some mystery illness in 2001 after apparently being poisoned, reportedly critically ill in 2020 (of course this was denied by the royal house) and was hospitalized with COVID at the start of this year. Thanked Taiwan for sending antiviral medication that could have saved his life. Also

He has also outlived 9 of his Prime Ministers.

 

Ntfombi (b. 1950), the Queen Mother of Eswatini is also getting old, seen in new pictures of her. She was in Andy Warhol's "Reigning Queens" portrait along with QEII, Margrethe II and Beatrix.

[arghton 6,782]

Togo's Acting President from 25th of February to 4th of May 2005 Bonfoh Abass (1948-2021) dead at 72:

https://senego.com/togo-deces-de-abass-bonfoh-ancien-president-interimaire-du-pays_1290221.html

 

With Mali's Amadou Toumani Toure (1948-2020) and Niger's Mamadou Tanja (1938-2020). He is on the right.

 

 

The country, currently lead by Faure Gnassingbé (b. 1966), longtime bizarre dictator Gnassingbé Eyadéma's (1935-2005) son. After Eyadema's death, Faure was the President for 20 days as the would-have-been acting President Fambaré Ouattara Natchaba (1945-2020) was out of the country. Faure resigned on 25th of February and Abass was the President until the 2005 election where Faure was elected and continues to be the Pres. of Togo.

 

The only living former President of Togo is Emmanuel Bodjollé (1928-Unknown) who was the head of state for 2 days in January 1963 after the coup lead by him killed Sylvanus Olympio (1902-1963), the country's first leader. Gnassigbe Eyadema claimed to have shot Olympio himself.

[drol 12,019]

Bodjollé is not alive. Simply no one knows what happened to him.

[Spade_Cooley 9,569]

Bonfoh Abass is also one for the List of the Missed, being the third member of my alphabetically premature theme team from 2020 to die this year.

[arghton 6,782]

On 23/06/2021 at 13:08, arghton said:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/17/former-president-laurent-gbagbo-returns-to-ivory-coast

76-year-old Former Ivory Coast despot Laurent Gbagbo has been in a reconciliation process by former enemy, 79-year-old current President Alassane Ouattara.

Henri Konan Bedie, 87, another former President I have mentioned here before has welcomed Gbagbo back on twitter, calling him his ″younger brother″. Aww.

Ivory Coast isn't the only African country having some kind of a "reconciliation process":

 

https://sierraloaded.sl/news/bio-welcomes-strasser-after-surgery-ghana/

Valentine Strasser (b. 1967), earliest living President of Sierra Leone (from 1992 to 1996) and infamous despot known for recruiting child soldiers and, well, being a dictator has recieved a house from the current President Julius Maada Bio (b. 1964) who overthrew him in 1996, was the president for a couple of months and won the election in 2018 becoming the president again.

 

Strasser has a history of alcohol and cocaine abuse and living in poverty as well as being gravely ill in 2019 and having his left leg amputated.

Low-quality picture from the article:

Apparently he has also gotten a prosthesis. Walks with a quad walking stick.

Also, facebook video of the house and Strasser with Maada Bio:

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=346406283780084

 

Not sure how long he's got, from everything I've heard he's mentally a mess and agressive (and all the other health stuff) I'd be suprised if he made it to 60, this new house and the fact that he no longer lives in poverty could have bought him some time though

[alt obits guy 3,374]

Michael Zuma, brother of former South African President Jacob Zuma, has died after a long illness.

 

https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2021-07-11-michael-zuma-former-presidents-younger-brother-dies-after-long-illness/

[arghton 6,782]

On 24/09/2016 at 17:01, drol said:

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

 

*Nicephore Soglo (1935) former Benin president

Nicephore Soglo is still alive but his wife Rosine Vieyra Soglo is now dead:

https://beninwebtv.bj/2021/07/benin-lex-premiere-dame-rosine-soglo-est-decedee-proche/

Also a politician, looked corpse-like during her last years.

[arghton 6,782]

Tunisia's current president Kais Saied (b. 1958) who has recently suspended the parliament, kicked the prime minister and given himself more power looks like he's already dead. No wonder he's often called "robot" for not only looking like a corpse but also his drowsiness and how he always looks somewhat emotionless.

[arghton 6,782]

https://nation.africa/kenya/counties/kitui/kitui-mulls-closing-county-offices-amid-covid-19-outbreak-3489482

 

Kenyan County Governor of Kitui, Charity Ngilu (1952-) has been hospitalised with covid. She's one of the first female governors in Kenya (from 22nd of August 2017) along with Anne Waiguru (1971-) and Joyce Laboso (1960-2019) who died of cancer. Ngilu was also a presidential nominee in 1997, recieving 7.89% of the votes.

 

 

Kenya feels like a country that's going to have a lot of political deaths sooner or later. Some possibilities:

 

Mwai Kibaki (1931-) the only living former President (2002-2013) has had health issues, 90 in november and overweight.

Uhuru Kenyatta (1961-) Current President after Kibaki. Never looked like the picture of health, gained weight recently. At Kaunda's funeral:

Musalia Mudavadi (1960-) VP 2002-2003, said to be the likely next President of Kenya and Kenyatta's successor, but how long do you think this guy will live:

Moody Awori (1928-) Ancient. VP 2003-2008

William Ruto (1966-) Deputy President since 2013. Hospitalised in 2012, apparently was near death. Apparently also hospitalised atleast once during his term a Deputy Pres, there's been an assasination attempt on him.

Raila Odinga (1945-) Only living Prime Minister. He held the position 2008-2013. Blood clot in 2010, collapsed in 2019, had covid this march.

And there are many more frail or frailish Kenyan politicians.

[gcreptile 10,994]

Jacob Zuma, from prison cell to hospital:

https://ewn.co.za/2021/08/06/former-president-jacob-zuma-admitted-to-hospital

[DCI Frank Burnside 3,887]

3 hours ago, gcreptile said:

Jacob Zuma, from prison cell to hospital:

https://ewn.co.za/2021/08/06/former-president-jacob-zuma-admitted-to-hospital

 

 

Pulling a Berlucsoni ? He's due back up in court next week

[arghton 6,782]

Rare, nearly hour-long interview of former Nigerian despot/president 1985-1993 Ibrahim Babangida, called "Evil Genius" and "Maradona":

Talks about a lot of things, including his parent's deaths, what a good Nigerian leader would be like and his relationship with the current president Muhammadu Buhari who Babangida ousted in 1985. Babangida himself resigned in 1993, after which Ernest Shonekan (1936-2022) was the president for a while until Shonekan was overthrown by kleptocratic dictator Sani Abacha (1943-1998) who died of either a heart attack or an assasination in 1998 while in power.

 

One of the 7 former Heads of State of Nigeria, 6 of which are over 78 (if the current pres Buhari is included as former, having once lead the country before). Not even one of them seems to be in a really bad shape currently, as in October Buhari had a virtual meeting with all of the other six.

[arghton 6,782]

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/jailed-former-safrican-president-zuma-undergoes-surgery-2021-08-15/

Zuma undergoes an unspecified surgery and remains in hospital with more operations planned.

[arghton 6,782]

Sao Tome and Principe's current President, Evaristo Carvalho is in hospital after an illness and an operation. According to VOA he was operated for an umbilical hernia.

 

Sao Tome Principe's first President 1975-1991 and 2011-2016 Manuel Pinto da Costa (1937-) is still alive, same for first Prime Minister and second President Miguel Trovoada (1936 or 1937-) and Portuguese Sao Tome Principe's only Prime Minister Leonel Mário d'Alva (1935-). We might see someone from the country on the top 100 oldest living state leaders list in around five or six years.

[arghton 6,782]

https://newscentral.africa/2021/08/23/cape-verde-president-jorge-carlos-fonseca-in-hospital/

Cape Verde's President Jorge Carlos Fonseca, 70, hospitalised.

 

Also, Olusegun Obasanjo, former despot/president of Nigeria 1976-1979 and 1999-2007 has had diabetes for 35 years:

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/nigeria/obasanjo-reveals-the-disease-he-has-been-managing-for-35-years/ar-AANtnJd

[Lafaucheuse 4,055]

Former Tchadian dictator Hissene Habre dead from Covid at 79

[arghton 6,782]

1 hour ago, Lafaucheuse said:

Former Tchadian dictator Hissene Habre dead from Covid at 79

Second dictator/president of Chad to die this year after Idriss Deby, Habre's successor who was killed while in office a few months ago.

Habré was also the first Prime Minister of Chad from 1978 to 1979.

Also was the mentor of Deby, who later ousted him.

 

 

The only living former President of Chad currently is Goukouni Oueddei (1944-) who was president twice, first in 1979 and for the second time 1979-1982 and was ousted by Habre.

All three were horrible people and human rights abusers. While Oueddei had the support of Gaddafi's Libya, Mengistu's Ethiopia and other communist countries, Habre had the support of USA and France. Deby was educated by Gaddafi's Libya but had the support of France and fought against Libya.

Oueddei with Mengistu.

[arghton 6,782]

Daasebre Oti Boateng, Ghanaian statistician/academic/freemason/author and the Paramount Chief of New Juaben has joined his ancestors, aged 83:

https://www.modernghana.com/news/1100773/daasebre-oti-boateng-dies-at.html

[roaming_comrade 471]

83 year old President of Guinea Alpha Conde has apparently been deposed in an ongoing coup and arrested by Special Forces. Amended the Constitution last year to give himself an extra term in office.

 

 

[arghton 6,782]

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/09/05/africa/guinea-coup-intl/index.html

Alpha Conde arrested, former ministers and heads of institutions summoned to a meeting a couple of hours ago.

 

"We want to reassure the national and international community, the physical and moral integrity of former President (Alpha Conde) is not threatened.

We took all the necessary measures for him to have access to medical care and to be in touch with his physicians."

Coup condemned by the African Union and UN's Guterres, both calling for Conde's immediate release. Coup leader, former French legionnaire Mamady Doumbouya has said that a new government will be formed soon, but this could have the same result as the one in Mali...

[arghton 6,782]

Former Ivory Coast Prime Minister (2005-2007, during Gbagbo's tenure) Charles Konan Banny dead aged 78:

https://www.modernghana.com/news/1103745/former-i-coast-pm-dies-of-coronavirus.html

 

Evacuated to France this month due to health reasons. Died of covid.

 

There was a over 26-year gap of no former Prime Ministers of the Ivory Coast dying after Félix Houphouët-Boigny's death in 1993, but since July 2020 four have died

[drol 12,019]

1 hour ago, arghton said:

Former Ivory Coast Prime Minister (2005-2007, during Gbagbo's tenure) Charles Konan Banny dead aged 78:

https://www.modernghana.com/news/1103745/former-i-coast-pm-dies-of-coronavirus.html

 

Evacuated to France this month due to health reasons. Died of covid.

Besides him, Cameroon finance minister Louis-Paul Motazé has been evacuated to Switzerland as he is in serious condition with COVID.