The Kenya-based Nation Media Group (NMG) has released its first annual African Presidents Index. The index has ranked Ethiopia’s genocidal tyrant Meles Zenawi as one of the top fifteen failed political leaders in Africa. NMG could not even give Meles an F grade, and instead give him an ICU (Intensive Care Unit). (Click here for details)
1 Sir Anerood Jugnauth, Mauritus 83.54 A+
2 Pedro Pires, Cape Verde 78.91 A
3 Ian Khama, Botswana 78.7 A
4 John Atta Mills, Ghana 72.56 A
5 Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba, Namibia 71.07 A-
6 Jacob Zuma, South Africa 69.93 B+
7 James Michel, Seychelles 66.4 B
8 Amadou Toumani Touré, Mali 64.4 B
9 Ernest Bai Koroma, Sierra Leone 61.89 B
10 Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, Tanzania 60.39 B-
11 Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia 60.32 B-
12 Rupiah Banda, Zambia 59.59 C+
13 King Mohammed VI, Morocco 54.84 C
14 Bethuel Pakalitha Mosisili, Lesotho 54.5 C
15 Thomas Yayi Boni, Benin 53.91 C
16 Mwai Kibaki, Kenya 53.43 C
17 Bingu wa Mutharika, Malawi 53.04 C
18 Abdoulaye Wade, Senegal 51.68 C-
19 Paul Kagame, Rwanda 51.31 C-
20 Yoweri Museveni, Uganda 49.91 D+
21 Alassane Ouattara, Cote D’ivoire 49.69 D+
22 Armando Guebuza, Mozambique 49.35 D+
23 Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia 49.01 D
24 Salou Djibo, Niger 48.55 D
25 Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria 46.06 D-
26 Pierre Nkurunziza, Burundi 45.2 D-
27 Omar Ghaddafi, Libya 44.64 F+
28 Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algeria 43.42 F
29 Alpha Conde, Guinea 41.94 F
30 Mohamed Hosni, Mubarak Egypt 40.74 F-
31 King Mswati III, Swaziland 40.05 F-
32 Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, Comoros 36.97 ICU
33 Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz, Mauritania 36.29 ICU
34 Blaise Compaore, Burkina Faso 35.7 ICU
35 Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba, Gabon 34.28 ICU
36 Denis Sassou Nguesso, Congo 33.43 ICU
37 Faure Gnassingbe, Togo 33.38 ICU
38 Malam Bacai Sanha, Guinea Bissau 32.84 ICU
39 Meles Zenawi Asres, Ethiopia 32.68 ICU
40 Yahya Jammeh, Gambia 32.48 ICU
41 Ismail Omar Guelleh, Djibouti 31.53 ICU
42 Joseph Kabila Kabange, Drc 30.18 ICU
43 José Eduardo dos Santos, Angola 30.17 ICU
44 Paul Biya, Cameroon 29.52 Morgue
45 Andry Rajoelina, Madagascar 29.31 Morgue
46 François Bozizé Yangouvonda, CAR 28.22 Morgue
47 Robert Gabriel Mugabe, Zimbabwe 22.62 Morgue
48 Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Somalia 22.41 Morgue
49 Idriss Déby Itno, Chad 20.81 Morgue
50 Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Equitorial Guinea, 20.72, Morgue
51 Omar al-Bashir, Sudan 15.67 Morgue
52 Isaias Afwerki, Eritrea 12.14 Morgue
31 thoughts on “NMG political index gives Meles a failing grade”
Thanks Elias. LOL! I wonder how that narcissist dictator Meles going to take this news. As far as I am concerned, that bloody hand tyrant, who is responsible for the death of hundreds of thousands of young and old innocent Ethiopians, Somalis and Eritrians should be ranked at the bottom next to his cousin Isaias Afwerki. The two blood related dictators should be sentenced to death for the crimes they have committed on innocent Ethiopians and Eritrians. No matter how much tyrant Meles try to make himself look like one of the best rulers in Africa and in the world, here is the fact that he cannot hide the truth how bad a terrible leader he is. Good job NMG!
very funny isaias afeworki #52,based on what? is it because,he refuse aid, is it because he kicked all the so called aid organization,is it because the economy is #1 from all over the world think about with out accepting any aid,
Well I am sure I know what Meles and his Mafia group thinks the will be more than happy this is A+ for them if the are better than Eritria or poor Isaias Afwerki, they always say they are better than Isaias Afwerki or Derg so for the idiot still this is A+. I remember one story that one of my friends told me few years ago, this friend of mine has a 5 or 6 years old child who is his sisters child and this child lives in Ethiopia. So this child at the end of the year final exam she got 71st rank out of 72 students in her class report and the child was unhappy with her result and she was crying. So everybody felt bad and told her you will do better next time do not cry they said, however this child said back for the people who were telling she will do better nex year she said, I have studied harder than the other person who got rank 72 so how I got rank 71st which is a lower rank than that student who is rank 72 she said. To make short this story the poor girl thought the biggest number is a better rank. I am sure if this little girl got first rank out of the 72 students in her class she might have done a harm to herself. So I am sure TPLF is happy with this ranking.
it is funny again who is better? is it ben ali of tunisia or isaias afowerki, the people who try to give rank them selves they don’t know any thing, example they gave tnisian presdant #23,then what we saw this week is the evidence by it self, it is to give rank to any one with out knowing any thing,all i can say is NMG is trash.
Thank you for such good news and I want to add one more point as far as the so called leaders in Africa. Based on the data you provided-I just noticed there is negative relationship between percentage of vote and this index.Those who claimed they have won ‘election’ with land slide,for example Meles ended up the bottom of index. The so called 99.6% vote put Meles in ICU.This clearly shows that the fake percentage which claimed by woyanes doesn’t mean nothing but shows that how stupid they are when they declared they won election with land slide.I am sure that Meles will point his finger as he does always to either G7 or Shabia for such failing grade. God bless Ethiopia!
Elias,
You need to change your tone fellow! You have no moral ground to call Meles Zenawi all kinds of names while you yourself are in bed with public enemy number one, Isayas Afeworki. Calling names does not bring about any change. I know you are frustrated that your destructive effort failed to bear any fruit and dent our unity as a nation and the only ammunition you got left is name calling, gossip-mongering, and vulgar attitude. Quiet frankly, Your political stature versus that of Meles Zenawi’s does not amount to any thing but a maggot. The dark side of the internet technology is the fact that it in to light attention seekers like you- but still, thank goodness, you are no body. Land-locking our country was the only sin Meles has committed and many Ethiopians and myself remain opposed to that- other than that, he is doing superb in every way. Go around Starbucks and find your own peers instead of gloating on Meles Zenawi day in and day out… he’s way up there and you are at the bottom of your gutter politics and nothing will change until you implode out of frustration…messe’ree..
I laughed to death when i see Isaias Afwerki, Eritrea 12.1Morgue.kkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
HE IS LEADING THE COUNTRY TO HALE, WHAT A SICK MAN.I THINK MELES SHOULD BE BELOW ISYAS, THAT IS 52 AND ISYAS 51. BECOUSE ISAYAS AT LEAST LOVES HIS COUNRY
Eritrea the peacefullest country in Africa and Isaias is the only one president in Africa who got no bank account in western countries. Eritrea is going the fastest growing country in the world and there is no political party in Africa if not the world that is really really working for the benefit of its people without corruption. Eritrea is the only one country in Africa which can reach the MDG goal. And the african countries which was free countries for 60+ years and still are poooor want to tell us that Isaias Afewerki the one and only hero of Africa who wanted self reliance and achieved it already, is the badest or a failed President. kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
lol i´m dieing kkkk
So enjoy it Africa but weather you want it or not, you will come to Isaias soon and ask him how to get rich.
The genocidal Meles belongs on the last list and Isaias is the best of bests and he don´t deserve it to be compared with African selfish monkeys.
I´m Eritrean and I´m proud of these Monkeys for making their selves down lol
Your 2008’s Hero, Isayas Afewerki ranked 52/52 do you regret with your selection?
This goon got a passing grade. Elyas it is your fault. What is ICU? any way. Can you clear it up, other wise the tegadalay government will take it as some kind of blessing. Listen to little meles in a few days he will bad mouth about this report card. Any one wants to bet what will come out of little meles’s mouth
How funny is this, the hate filled Esayas fought all his life to separate from his mother land Ethiopia, and ended up to be the worst leader in Africa after twenty years of so called independent. What a shame and an embarrassment! Hate only destroy us not build us.
i got a big laugh out of this today — Intensive Care Unit hahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. tnx elias
NO WONDER.
This index is a mockery. What does it mean any way. It does not tell us why Tunisia leader ranked high #23 is topled.
This index should have ranked all African leaders along with Al Bashir. Al Bashir made a mistake to allow the South to succede. Bad move for Africa.
The failing of Meles Zinawi indicates that the man is not capable of being a leader because he does not have the knowledge and the skill to lead Ethiopians.
Knowledge,skills,and proven experience of leadership;that is what a leader should develop and must have;first and foremost,Meles Zinawi does not know how to be a follower;let alone to be a leader.Being born in the wild does not make him a leader.Learning from good leaders and becoming a leader by learning by example is key to be a good leader and the way to be a leader.It was based on lack of key leadership knowledge and skills that Ethiopians refused to vote for Meles Zinawi;it was only because of guns and bullets and other tools of coercions that Meles Zinawi used and robbed the votes of Ethiopians worth 99.6 percent.
This man,Meles Zinawi is born to fail.
Did I read that the report originated from Kenya? Ok Melesites, All Dedebites, Former Cactus-Gulping-Now-Filthy-Rich Woyanites!!! The hell with Kibaki and full speed to Nairobi!!! Your leader is a certified spiller of innocent human blood!!! Wicked and ugly badger of basic human and democratic rights!!!! Do you see what comes out of narrow nationalism? Do you? You are just a lost cause.
you cant compare ,the visinory leader ,no account in westbank,corrupted free.loved by ppl prz.Issayas Afeworki with those leader.
i heard the source is east africa papper. which ,kenya,ethiopia,djubti,somalia. wat a joke, I hate cheap weyane propoganda.
I have never ever laughed like this before when I saw Meles Seitanawi (Zenawi) has been ranked as one of those African leaders under the Intensive Care Unit. Of course, Isaiah Afeworki of Eritrea deserves to be the worst leader in Africa since he has purposely murdered those 17 Amhara boys from the Ethiopian Freedom Fighters, and I will never forgive him for his cowardly act. I feel a little bit better now that the Nation Media Group has ranked him at the bottom, and he deserves to be there on this earth as well as in heaven. My support for him has completely vanished from my heart of hearts because he has refused to answer Elias Kifle about the unjustified deaths of those 17 Amhara soldiers. In my judgment, he is the only person accountable for their disappearances, and I don’t recommend my friend Elias Kifle to go back to Asmara and be murdered by this criminal Dictator, Isaiah Afeworki. As his last name suggests, he is not golden mouth like St. John Chrysostom; he is rather Isaiah Awlaki.
# 4 sele If Tunisians sick and tired of living under a leader ranked #23,you can imagine how ugly is living with a leader ranked #39(ICU).He is leading to a morgue.
Thanks Elias My Ethiopian hero !
THE SOURCE I READ IS ,EAST AFRICA PAPER, WAT THE HELL THIS GROUP,I THINK,KENYA ETHIOPIA,DJUBIT,SOMALIA..ITS CHEAP WEYANE PROPAGANDA,WAT DO WE EXPECT FROM THIS LOSER. DONT MESS WITH OUR VISIONARY LEADER …H.E ISSAYAS AFEWORKI, CORRUPTED FREE, NO BANK ACCOUNT IN WEST,LOVED BY HIS PEOPLE, BROUGHT ERITREA TO ONE OF THE TOPEST FASTEST IN ECONOMY GROWTH COUNTRY IN THE WORLD 2011 BY 17%.
what is funny is the best one in the world is the last in Africa.
You know what forget it, we saw Tunisians that’s it. No more back down ” when they hit us we hit back harder ” no more giving up. Ok wake up everyone it’s a new mission now we have to start ” striking ” ok. Let start talk about how we show them our “strength ” no more talk about peace. Our word since now ” hit back harder than ever “
How laughable! The known African criminal and beggar Meles, would have gotten a much, much lower rank like his evil cousin, if it weren’t for all the billion dollars that he receives from the European countries and US.
Now, I pray for some organization to expose the amount of money the African dictators loot from struggling Africans.
Not surprisingly, Ethiopia is ranked one of the countries that are not FREE. And once again another shame for Eritrea that was separated from its mother land Ethiopia, ranked one of the worst of the worst countries in the world that are not free.
http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=70&release=1310
Well Ethiopia might have failed as a state, but Tigray did not. Meles Zenawi will be among top 5 if we consider just Tigray . I am so impressed by the knowledge of Tigray intelligence and Tigray young generation, you are able to keep the Amharic society in a few circle, what a smart people, now the Amharic are in a few word circled their brain, the word are,Weyane, Shaibya, this is all what Amharic are talking for so many years, never get out of it.
So while they are blocked their mind over this word, please keep secured every thing in a way that, not to let them out of that mentality, as a tigray new generation, we are going to school and learn where ever we are, once in a while we go to internet and give them some topic, while the Amharic are talking about it, we do study and do our home work, let the Amharic kill their time on talking and wasting their time. As a Tigray people we have to unite, if once we missed this power we will not get it back. So all the key place need to be hold by Tigraynce.That is how we can back up Meless, I am glade in a thousand a month the Amharic are getting out of the country, which is good for the rest of Ethiopian, then we have road to go back and take over all the key place to get a job. The past problem what we went through make us strong, we do than talking, we pay our blood for this change while Amharic people were drinking and eating, so now it is about time that, let Amharic people feel the pain what kind of life we had. Hello all tigray my blood get all what you need and enjoy your effort, it is all in your hand, keep on doing business and get control the market. Once we control Amharic then it is much easier to deal with Eritrean, because we are the same blood much more than Amharic, we can resolve the entire past problem, Eritrean problem is tigran problem we share the same life. We been fighting together for this change, now it is about time again to kick Amharic together once for all. Eritrean should not allowed Amharic people to work in the gold mining, we can give you low labor from Oromo, and tack nick from Gurage, you don’t need amhara to work on the project, because they are lazy and like to stay in court all the day just to complain about every thing,
i laughed heavely reading it. What a mockery. People are becoming o creative, establishing newspapers..then naming VIP to capture attention. What was their criteria after all. Let’s all try to be rational. Despite all the mistakes Meles has committed, he still is well capable. Name a single person in Ethiopia who could win public trust to lead this complex state. May God help him do better.
Reports like this one should calm and shut off the die-hard cadres of weyane/meles and shabia/isayas. It shows what the 2 despotic individuals have achieved to their respective countries. The content of the report is so funny and very telling at the same time.
Meles in ICU (in Intensive Care Unit), and his cousin Isayas in the Morgue(dead and kept in basement freezer ready for burial:). It is interesting and very sad at same time to witness that these 2 human vultures, who supposedly struggled for ‘freedom’ for over 30 years and sacrificed thousands of young people to reach this stage. Finally, you reap what you sow.
So What?
Forget western democracy. The primary objective of the government and all Ethiopians should be eradication of poverty and elimination of all forms of backwardness, the rest is luxury.
For your information we are and have been at the bottom of human development for centuries. Our living standard is very degrading. All the respected Arab states do not enjoy any form of freedom/democracy, they all are under dictatorial monarch rule, but they have respectable leaving standard ie. they eat three times a day, drink clean water and have shelter which is a taboo in Ethiopia.
The Asian tigers and China didn’t eradicate poverty under western democracy, why would it be a requirement for Ethiopia.
I personally believe freedom of speech, right and expression etc. is essential but not a must.
Sacrificing certain democratic right is acceptable as far as it brings about speedy development.
Its so strange to this flawed index. What are the parameters to evaluate the leaders of the failed continent?? It would have been better if the whole report had been put to scrutiny. If anyone take the achievements of the new nation, ERITREA, the result doesn’t add up.
1 fastest growing economy
2 life expectancy at 65, the highest in Africa.
3 less child mortality
5 85% reduction of malaria
6 Asmara one of the safest capital in the world. Actually 4th.
7 the champion of African Cycling of 2010. Out of top 10 Arican Cyclists about 4/5 are Eritreans.
8 these and more achievements are made within 20 yrs, with no or less AID. Inadditon with no war no peace stalemate.
How many years do other AFRICAN COUNTRIES been as an independent states?? From 60 yrs to 3000 yrs.
WHO DESERVES BETTER RANK??? Pls answer based on the FACTS.
Cheers !!!!!!!!!
Abrehet, No. 25,
Is this the English you are taught in the great Tigray? Let alone write English you can’t even read English. Did the article above even mention Tigray? The article said that your master Meles is a failed leader and is in the Intensive Care Unit, if you know what that means? Instead of writing and talking common gossip – just go to school and really learn – not just blabber. All you are worried about is that Isayas will recruit educated Amhara geologists to work on the gold mines and there will be no gold left for you. This shows that you are corrupt and only thinking of how to get your hands on the gold instead of studying seriously. Writing nonsense will get you nowhere. Get serious!
I wonder these despicable African tyrants suffer from the same kind of mental disorders–the similarities of their behaviors are almost identical: they are all selfish, heartless, inhumane, no conscience at all, and they are all looters and cold blooded killers. And they are also interested in the same type of women that are mean spirited and disgraceful.