Do you Remember this most Wicked and Notorious Leaders in Africa?

Many African leaders were found to be very wicked and notorious in their style of leadership. Five most notable and notorious among them are:






1. Charles Taylor: born 28 January 1948 was a guerrilla fighter, the head of a Libyan-backed Liberian rebel group (National Patriotic Front of Liberia) that fought and over threw the government of Samuel Doe of Liberia. He later became the 22nd President of Liberia from 2 August 1997 until his resignation on 11 August 2003. He presided over a gruesomely violent civil war that lasted seven years, in which as many as two hundred thousand civilians were killed. Many died at the hands of Taylor’s army of child soldiers. He aided and abetted the Sierra Leonel militias (RUF) Revolutionary United Front. That was notorious for cutting off the limbs of civilians as well as soldiers. In April 2012 Charles Taylor was arraigned before the UN special court which found him guilty of aiding and abetting as well as planning some of the most heinous and brutal crimes recorded in human history. He was imprisoned for 50 years.







2. Foday Saybana Sankoh (17 October 1937 – 29 July 2003) was the founder of the Sierra Leone rebel group Revolutionary United Front (RUF), which was supported by Charles Taylor-led NPFL in the 11-year-long Sierra Leone Civil War, starting in 1991 and ending in 2002. An estimated 50,000 people were killed during the war, and over 500,000 people were displaced in neighboring countries. Foday Sankoh'sRUF was Notorious for cutting off the limbs, hands and ears of soldiers and civilians.






3. Jean Kambanda

After becoming the government caretaker after the assassination of the then president in Rwander He was held to be criminally responsible after it was found that he did not intervene to stop the genocide that took place when he could have. Rather he supported them with arms and ammunition during the 1993/94 Rwanda Genocide. However, he denied the knowledge of their intended use in a genocide which leaves his hand stained with the blood of over 800,000 souls.






4. Idi Amin of Uganda

Another notable terror in Uganda

Idi Amin is also known as 'Butcher Uganda' because he likes to kill his political opponents and all those who oppose him.

An estimated 300,000 people were killed during 1971-1979 when Idi Amin came to power in Uganda.deaths were terrible for his country and, unfairly but understandably, for the reputation of Africa in general. In his quest to expel Asians and foreigners from his country

He also squandered millions of dollars of external aid that had been provided to Uganda over the years, money intended to build up Makerere University, one of the best institutions of higher learning in sub-Saharan Africa.

Idi Amin eating habits are also fairly sadistic.

He likes to eat honeycomb and raw larvae during state dinners.

Idi Amin also likes to eat human flesh (cannibal) that he had execution died before.






5. Bosco Ntanganda

He was the warlord that help to overthrow the regime in Rwander in 1994. Due to his exploit in Congo, he was made its chief of military operations and was popularly known as the 'Terminator' He is responsible for at least a combined figure of 800 000 deaths and a long list of human right violations. This guy over exercise his powers and authority