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COUNTRY | HEADS |
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ALGERIA |
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ANGOLA |
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BENIN REPUBLIC | Yayi Boni. (President and head of government) |
BOTSWANA |
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BURKINA FASO | Blaise Compaore (President), Paramanga Ernest Yonli (Prime Minister) |
BURUNDI | Pierre Nkurunziza (President) |
CAMEROON | Paul Biya (President), Ephraim Inoni (Prime Minister) |
CAPE VERDE | Pedro Verona PIRES(President) Jose Maria Periera NEVES(Prime Minister) |
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC | Francois BOZIZE (President) Elie DOTE (Prime Minister) |
CHAD | Lt Gen. Idriss DEBY (President) Pascal YOADIMNADJI (Prime Minister) |
COMOROS | Ahmed Abdallah SAMBI (President) |
CONGO, REPUBLIC of | Denis SASSOU-NGUESSO (President) |
CONGO, D.R. of | Joseph Kabila (President) Antoine Gizenga(Prime Minister and Head of government) |
COTE D'IVOIRE | Laurent GBAGBO (President), Charles Konan BANNY (Immediate past Prime Minister) Guillaume Soro (Prime Minister) since April 4th; 2007 |
DJIBOUTI | Ismail Omar GUELLEH(President), Mohamed Dileita DILEITA(Prime Minister) |
EGYPT | Hosni Mubarak(President) Ahmed Nazif(Prime minister) |
EQUATORIAL GUINEA | Brig. Gen.(rtd) Teodoro OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO (President), Ricardo Mangue Obama NFUBEA (Prime Minister) |
ERITREA | ISAIAS Afworki |
ETHIOPIA | Girma Wolde-Giorgis(President) Meles Zenawi(Prime minister) |
GABON |
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THE GAMBIA | Yahya A.J.J. JAMMEH (President and Head of government) |
GHANA | John Evans Atta-Mills (President and Head of government, from 7 Jan. 2009) John Agyekum Kufuor (7/01/2001 to 7/01/2009) |
GUINEA |
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GUINEA BISSAU |
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KENYA | Mwai Kibaki (President and Head of government) Raila Odinga (Prime Minister in a power sharing government following violence in an election which many believes he won) |
LESOTHO | King Letsie 111, (King) Pakalitha Mosisili(Prime Minister) |
LIBERIA | Ellen Sirleaf Johnson (President and Head of government) |
LIBYA | Col. Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi, al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmudi(Prime Minister) |
MADAGASCAR |
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MALAWI | Bingu wa MUTHARIKA (President) |
MALI | Amadou Toumani Toure(President), Ousmane Issoufi Maiga(Prime Minister) |
MAURITANIA |
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MAURITIUS | Sir Anerood JUGNAUTH (President) Navinchandra RAMGOOLAM (Prime Minister) |
MOROCCO | King MOHAMED VI (king and head of state), Driss JETTOU (Prime Minister) |
MOZAMBIQUE | Armando GUEBUZA (President), Luisa DIOGO (Prime Minister) |
NAMIBIA | Hifikepunye POHAMBA (President), Nahas ANGULA (Prime Minister) |
NIGER |
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NIGERIA |
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RWANDA | Paul KAGAME (President), Bernard MAKUZA (Prime Minister) |
SAO TOME & PRINCIPE | Fradique DE MENEZES (President), Tome Vera CRUZ (Prime Minister) |
SENEGAL | Abdoulaiye Wade (President and Head of government) |
SEYCHELLES | James Michel. (President and Head of government) |
SIERRA LEONE | Ernest Bai Koroma (President and Head of Government since Sept. 17th, 2007 after a tense run-off election) Ahmad Tejan KABBAH (Out-going President) |
SOMALIA | Adan Mohamed Nuur Madobe (Interim President. He assumed the position of President being the Speaker of Parliament at the time of the resignation of former President Abdullahi YUSUF Ahmed) Abdullahi YUSUF Ahmed(Ex-President, resigned 2008 Dec 29. He has been the head of a transitional government since 2004), Nur Hassan Hussein (Prime Minister; 2007 Nov. to date) Ali Mohamed GEDI(Prime Minister 2004 Nov. 3rd to 2007 Oct. 29). |
SOUTH AFRICA | Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma President from May 9th, 2009 Kgalema Motlanthe (President; Sept 25th, 2008 to May 9th 2009) He replaced Thabo Mbeki who was forced to resign following power tussles with his party, ANC chairman Jacob Zuma.) Mr Tabo Mbeki (President: 1999 - 2008) Nelson Mandela (President: 1994 - 1999) The first elected president in a fully democratic South Africa. |
SUDAN | Field Marshal Umar Hassan al-Bashir |
SWAZILAND | King MSATI III (King and head of state), Absolom Themba DLAMINI (Prime Minister). |
TANZANIA | Jakaya Kikwete (President and Head of state) |
TOGO | Faure GNASSINGBE (President), Yawovi AGBOYIBO (Prime Minister) |
TUNISIA | Zine el Abidine BEN ALI (President), Mohamed GHANNOUCHI (Prime Minister) |
UGANDA | Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI (President and Head of government) |
ZAMBIA | Rupiah BANDA (President since November 2nd 2008. Was acting President and Head of Govt. from 19 August to Nov. 2; 2008 after the death of former President MWANAWASA) George Kunda (Vice President) Levy MWANASAWA (Ex-President - Died in office August 2008) |
ZIMBABWE | Robert Gabriel MUGABE (since independent, 1980) Morgan Tsvangirai; Prime Minister(since Feb. 11th 2009) in a power-sharing government |