Get To Know The 10 African Past Leaders Who Cause Hardship For Their Country

1. Charles Taylor

Charles Taylor was the president of Liberia from 1997 to 2003. He was the main cause of the Liberian civil war, which killed many innocent Liberians. He encouraged his followers to use rape as a weapon and cut of the hands of people who opposed him. The warlord was found guilty of all 11 counts of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity by Special Court for Sierra Leone.

1. Muammar Gaddafi

Although some Africans saw him as King of Kings of Africa, Muammar Gaddafi was an egoist. He ran a police state. Some Libyans call him a lunatic and others call him a hero. His children and immediate relatives had the right to kill without anyone questioning them. He was killed on 20 October 2011.

1. Mobutu Seko

Mobutu Seko was the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo between 1965 and 1997. He killed uncountable number of people during his tenure as president. He murdered opposition leaders in broad daylight. He forced all television stations to start the evening news with an image of him descending through clouds from the heavens.

1. Omar Al-Bashir

Omar Al-Bashir is the former president of Sudan. He seized power in 1989 in a bloodless military coup against the government of the democratically elected Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi. Over the years this tyrant has murdered tens of thousands of innocent people in Sudan. He has been declared a war criminal and a wanted criminal by the International Criminal Court.