African Leaders - Despots and Democratic

[arghton 6,782]

https://www.barrons.com/articles/mauritania-s-detained-ex-president-hospitalised-lawyer-01640881207

Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, former President of Mauritania 2008-2009 (as President of the High Council of State) and 2009-2019 and also the Chairperson of the African Union 2014-2015 preceding Bobby Mugabe, currently serving a prison sentence admitted to military hospital for "urgent care", in a "worrying but stable" situation according to lawyer. 

Edit: Heart problems, high BP: https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20220101-mauritanie-le-gouvernement-se-veut-rassurant-sur-l-état-de-santé-de-mohamed-ould-abdel-aziz

 

 

Worth noting that two of his predecessors are still alive and over 80:

Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla (1940-) President/Head of State 1980-1984

Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (1941-) President 1984-2005

[arghton 6,782]

Paul Biya's new year's message:

Doesn't sound great.

 

On 05/09/2021 at 18:55, roaming_comrade said:

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.

Alpha Conde allowed to leave country for medical reasons: https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2022/01/01/guinee-alpha-conde-president-dechu-autorise-a-quitter-le-pays-pour-raison-medicale_6107837_3212.html

[roaming_comrade 471]

36 minutes ago, arghton said:

Paul Biya's new year's message:

Doesn't sound great.

 

Alpha Conde allowed to leave country for medical reasons: https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2022/01/01/guinee-alpha-conde-president-dechu-autorise-a-quitter-le-pays-pour-raison-medicale_6107837_3212.html

Ah thanks, I searched for this .

Heres the one from last year (or the year before to be precise) for comparison
 

 

[drol 12,030]

Biya sounds very old. Maybe because he is.

[arghton 6,782]

Saliu Adetunji, Olubadan of Ibadan 2016-2022 (Nigerian traditional ruler) dead at 93:

https://www.legit.ng/nigeria/1450080-93-year-olubadan-ibadan-oba-adetunji-passes-on/

 

On 08/11/2019 at 20:10, drol said:

Since old fuckers of Kenya and Tanzania seem to be immortal, here is a challenge between six old political figures of the two countries. Last Country standing wins.

 

Kenya                                                                                                                                                        Tanzania

 

Charles Njonjo (1920)                                                                                                                              David Musuguri (1920)

Daniel arap Moi (1924)                                                                                                                    Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925)

Mwai Kibaki (1931)                                                                                                                                   Cleopa Msuya (1931)

Mama Ngina Kenyatta (1933)                                                                                                                  Mama Maria Nyerere (1930)

Moody Awori (1928)                                                                                                                                  Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar (1929)

Duncan Ndegwa (1925)                                                                                                                            John Malecela (1934)

Come on, come back into the averages of your Countries!

Tanzania seems to be winning as none of the six Tanzanians have died yet, Kenya "only" has 4/6 left.

[arghton 6,782]

On 31/12/2021 at 01:36, arghton said:

https://www.barrons.com/articles/mauritania-s-detained-ex-president-hospitalised-lawyer-01640881207

Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, former President of Mauritania 2008-2009 (as President of the High Council of State) and 2009-2019 and also the Chairperson of the African Union 2014-2015 preceding Bobby Mugabe, currently serving a prison sentence admitted to military hospital for "urgent care", in a "worrying but stable" situation according to lawyer. 

Edit: Heart problems, high BP: https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20220101-mauritanie-le-gouvernement-se-veut-rassurant-sur-l-état-de-santé-de-mohamed-ould-abdel-aziz

Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz undergoes heart surgery: https://www.africanews.com/2022/01/02/mauritania-s-former-president-undergoes-heart-surgery/

[arghton 6,782]

https://newscentral.africa/2022/01/09/mauritania-grants-bail-to-ailing-ex-president-abdel-aziz-amid-graft-probe/

Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz granted bail because he needs a "stress-free environment and a special diet" due to his heart troubles.

[arghton 6,782]

On 07/08/2021 at 13:04, arghton said:

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-) 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.

Ernest Shonekan, interim head of state of Nigeria for under three months in 1993 has reportedly died at a hospital in Lagos. He was 85:

https://thestreetjournal.org/former-nigerian-leader-ernest-shonekan-dies-at-85/

Seems like 1993 Nigerian presidential candidate Bashir Tofa died a week ago.

 

Also here's a recent picture of Mengistu Haile Mariam, murderous asshole dictator of Ethiopia 1974/1977-1991 with around 1,200,000 victims:

[arghton 6,782]

Posting here, too:

 

Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta "IBK", Prime Minister (1994-2000) and President (2013-2020) of Mali has died at the age of 76:

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/malis-ousted-president-ibrahim-boubacar-keita-has-died-says-former-justice-2022-01-16/

 

He was deposed during the 2020 Malian coup d'état by Colonel Assimi Goita who is currently the acting President of Mali. 

[DCI Frank Burnside 3,887]

 

 

 

Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kabore detained during an apparent coup attempt

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Coup attempt underway in Guinea-Bissau

 

 

 

[gcreptile 10,994]

How do these work? Did they watch their neighbours and thought "Hey, we'll have one, too"?

[Toast 16,170]

Wish we could have one.

A coup, that is. 

[Sir Creep 7,070]

The Emir of Jama’are Alhaji Ahmad Muhammadu Wabi III has died. He was said to have passed on in the early hours of Sunday, February 6. The deceased left behind two wives and 35 children.

 

’He was a much better ruler than Emir of Jama’are Alhaji Ahmad Muhammadu Wabi III,’ said Emir of Jama’are Alhaji Ahmad Muhammadu Wabi IV, the first born son of Emir of Jama’are Alhaji Ahmad Muhammadu Wabi III.

SC

 

[roaming_comrade 471]

Paul Biya apparently too frail to walk down the stairs of the stadium during the finale of the African Football Cup to hand the trophy to the winners.
Could supposedly barely stand up.
 

Edit: Finally found a video of it.

[arghton 6,782]

On 08/11/2019 at 20:10, drol said:

John Malecela (1934)

https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/tanzanian-scientist-mwele-malecela-dies-3712660

John Malecela's daughter Mwele Ntuli Malecela, Director of WHO's Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases dead at 58 from cancer. John is still alive.

[roaming_comrade 471]

Is it just me or does he sound much worse in this speech (starts at 1:30) from yesterday than in the one from new year's day? 

[arghton 6,782]

Amos Sawyer, Interim President of Liberia 1990-1994 (voted in by 35 Liberian leaders two months after Samuel Doe was killed) dead at 76 from a cardiac arrest:

https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-dr-amos-sawyer-former-interim-president-dies

Charles Taylor is now the earliest living President of Liberia. 

[roaming_comrade 471]

13 hours ago, arghton said:

Amos Sawyer, Interim President of Liberia 1990-1994 (voted in by 35 Liberian leaders two months after Samuel Doe was killed) dead at 76 from a cardiac arrest:

https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-dr-amos-sawyer-former-interim-president-dies

Charles Taylor is now the earliest living President of Liberia. 

that must be the longest ruling interim president of all time

[arghton 6,782]

https://africa.cgtn.com/2022/02/17/this-102-year-old-woman-wants-to-be-nigerias-next-president/

102-year-old Nonye Josephine Ezeanyaeche, founder of the Voice for Senior Citizens of Nigeria declares interest in running for President of Nigeria in 2023. I don't know how likely it is that she'll get over a percentage of votes, might not even be alive when the elections are held (Feb 2023) but there's always a very tiny chance...

[arghton 6,782]

Footage of Ali Bongo, Gabon's dictator "President" since 2009 at the 2022 European Union - African Union summit:

Until 1.18, the other clips are old. Seems like the stroke he had in 2019 left its mark

[arghton 6,782]

On 25/11/2021 at 15:58, arghton said:

https://www.letemps.ch/monde/president-congolais-parti-suisse-bord-dun-luxueux-avion

Denis Sassou Nguesso was in Switzerland for medical treatment in September according to this.

Denis Sassou Nguesso, President/dictator of the Republic of the Congo well enough to give an interview about the coups happening in Africa a couple of days ago. 

 

However Africa has some even more overdue current despots. Ismail Omar Guelleh, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Ali Bongo, Yoweri Museveni and Isaias Afwerki. And the cherry on top of the cake, Paul Biya. Won't be a sad day when one of these dies.

In addition there's King Mswati Playboy III, Mohammed VI who sometimes needs a heart surgery, Sahrawi ADR's Brahim Ghali who was very ill with covid a year ago, Kais Saied looks and acts like a walking corpse and Paul Kagame who has never looked like the picture of health to me. So thin.

[arghton 6,782]

Abuzed Omar Dorda, Gaddafi-era Prime Minister of Libya 1990-1994 (and later the head of the national intelligence agency) dead at 77:

http://alwasat.ly/news/libya/350812

 

Lots of Gaddafi's Prime Ministers/"Heads of State" are still alive:

Abdessalam Jalloud (1944-) PM 1972-1977

Abdul Ati al-Obeidi (1939-2023) PM 1977-1979, Head of State 1979-1981

Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi (1939-2024) PM 1979-1984, 1986-1987

Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab (1940-) PM 1984-1986, Head of State 1981-1984

Abdul Majid al-Qa′ud (1943-) PM 1994-1997

Muhammad Ahmad al-Mangoush (1967?-) PM 1997-2000

Imbarek Shamekh (1952-) PM 2000-2003, Head of State 2009-2010

Baghdadi Mahmudi (1945-) PM 2006-2011

Muhammad az-Zanati (1944-) Head of State 1992-2008

Miftah Muhammed K'eba (1947-) Head of State 2008-2009

Mohamed Abu al-Qasim al-Zwai (1952-) Head of State 2010-2011

[Sir Creep 7,070]

11 hours ago, arghton said:

Abuzed Omar Dorda, Gaddafi-era Prime Minister of Libya 1990-1994 (and later the head of the national intelligence agency) dead at 77:

http://alwasat.ly/news/libya/350812

 

 

 

We have no way of knowing the veracity of your assertion based on the link provided. 

[arghton 6,782]

Jacob Oulanyah, current Speaker of the Uganda Parliament since May 2021 is in a Seattle hospital and has been there since early February. Now his brother and the deputy speaker are in the US.

https://www.independent.co.ug/deputy-speaker-among-off-to-seattle/

Seems like he's very ill, unconfirmed reports say that it's stage four colon cancer and there have been death rumors recently...