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🇿🇦 11. Chris Hani (South Africa, 1993) Anti-apartheid hero, shot dead by a far-right extremist, nearly sparking civil war.
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🇱🇷 11. Samuel Doe (Liberia, 1990) A decade later, Doe himself was captured and executed by rebel leader Prince Johnson.
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🇱🇷 10. William Tolbert (Liberia, 1980) Liberia’s president, murdered in a coup led by Samuel Doe.
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🇷🇼 8. Juvénal Habyarimana (Rwanda, 1994) His plane was shot down, sparking the Rwandan genocide, the killers remain disputed.
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🇳🇦 8. Anton Lubowski (Namibia, 1989) SWAPO activist, gunned down in Windhoek, likely by apartheid death squads just months before Namibia's first elections.
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🇹🇬 7. Sylvanus Olympio (Togo, 1963) Togo’s founding president, shot dead in Africa’s first post-independence coup, led by Étienne Eyadéma.
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🇦🇴 6. Jonas Savimbi (Angola, 2002) UNITA rebel leader, killed in battle with government forces after decades of civil war.
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🇧🇫 5. Thomas Sankara (Burkina Faso, 1987) The “African Che Guevara”, assassinated in a coup led by his close ally, Blaise Compaoré with the help of CIA and France.
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🇲🇿 4. Samora Machel (Mozambique, 1986) Mozambique’s first president, died in a plane crash caused by apartheid South Africa’s sabotage.
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🇱🇾 3. Muammar Gaddafi (Libya, 2011) Libya’s long-time ruler, killed by rebels during the NATO-backed uprising in Sirte.
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🇨🇩 2. Laurent Kabila (DR Congo, 2001) The man who overthrew Mobutu, shot by his own bodyguard, motives still unclear.
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🇨🇩 1. Patrice Lumumba (DR Congo, 1961) Congo’s first Prime Minister, executed with help from Belgium and the CIA for opposing colonial powers.
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🧵🌍 10 African Leaders, Activists and Revolutionaries who were assassinated for their work. A THREAD! NUMBER 8 WILL SHOCK YOU.😳
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