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