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List of assassinations in Africa

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This is a list of notable people who have been assassinated in Africa.

Algeria

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
117 BC Hiempsal, co-ruler of Numidia Hiempsal's death was ordered by his cousin, Jugurtha.
December 24, 1942 François Darlan, former Head of Government of Vichy France and High Commissioner of France in Africa Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle
March 4, 1957 Larbi Ben M'Hidi, Algerian nationalist and FLN leader Hanged by French Army officers under Paul Aussaresses; his death was initially passed off as a suicide.
March 23, 1957 Larbi Tbessi, nationalist and president of the Association of Algerian Muslim Ulema Thrown from a building by French Army officers under Paul Aussaresses; at the time, his death was passed off as a suicide.
June 21, 1957 Maurice Audin, Pied-noir and PC militant
March 15, 1962 Mouloud Feraoun, writer Organisation armée secrète
July 8, 1976 Gaston Marie Jacquier, Catholic bishop Abdessalam Abdelkader Stabbed in a crowded Algiers street while wearing full clerical attire. The assassin had a history of psychiatric problems, but was suspected by some to have been religiously motivated.[1][2][3]
February 3, 1987 Mustafa Bouyali, Islamic fundamentalist Ambushed by Algerian security services.
June 29, 1992 Mohamed Boudiaf, Chairman of the High Council of State Lembarek Boumaârafi Shot at Annaba.[4]
June 2, 1993 Tahar Djaout, journalist, poet and author Killed by the Armed Islamic Group.
August 21, 1993 Kasdi Merbah, former Prime Minister of Algeria
March 10, 1994 Abdelkader Alloula, playwright Killed by two members of the Islamic Front for Armed Jihad.
September 29, 1994 Cheb Hasni, singer
December 3, 1994 Saïd Mekbel, journalist Assassinated with a car bomb in Aïn Bénian.
September 28, 1995 Aboubakr Belkaid, former minister
May 21, 1996 Seven Trappist monks of Tibérine The monks were kidnapped by the Armed Islamic Group in March 1996, and reportedly executed on May 21; others claim that the monks were accidentally killed by the Algerian army. See Assassination of the monks of Tibhirine.
August 1, 1996 Pierre Lucien Claverie, Catholic bishop of Oran
October 22, 1996 Ali Boucetta, Mayor of Algiers
January 28, 1997 Abdelhak Benhamouda, trade unionist
June 25, 1998 Lounès Matoub, Berberist singer
November 22, 1999 Abdelkader Hachani, Islamic fundamentalist Fouad Boulemia Fouad Boulemia, a member of the Armed Islamic Group, was convicted for Hachani's murder and sentenced to death, but was later released.

Angola

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
November 2, 1992 Jeremias Chitunda, Vice President of UNITA Killed by government troops as part of the Halloween Massacre.
November 2, 1992 Elias Salupeto Pena, UNITA senior advisor Killed by government troops as part of the Halloween Massacre.
February 22, 2002 Jonas Savimbi, founder and leader of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola His death marked the end of the Angolan Civil War

Benin

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
June 20, 1975 Michel Aikpé, Minister of the Interior

Burkina Faso

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
October 15, 1987 Thomas Sankara, Head of State of Burkina Faso Killed in the 1987 Burkina Faso coup d'état organised by Blaise Compaoré.
December 13, 1998 Norbert Zongo, journalist

Burundi

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
October 13, 1961 Louis Rwagasore, Prime Minister of Burundi Georges Kageorgis
January 15, 1965 Pierre Ngendandumwe, Prime Minister of Burundi[5]
December 15, 1965 Joseph Bamina, Prime Minister of Burundi Killed during the 1965 Burundian coup d'état attempt
April 29, 1972 Ntare V Ndizeye, deposed King of Burundi
October 21, 1993 Melchior Ndadaye, President of Burundi, founder of the Burundi Workers' Party Overthrown and killed in the 1993 Burundian coup d'état attempt
March 11, 1995 Ernest Kabushemeye, Minister for Mines and Energy
September 9, 1996 Joachim Ruhuna, Roman Catholic archbishop of Gitega
November 20, 2001 Kassi Manlan, World Health Organization representative Murdered in a conspiracy after discovering that aid money was being diverted into private accounts.
January 1, 2017 Emmanuel Niyonkuru, Minister of Water and the Environment Assassinated in Bujumbura.

Cameroon

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
September 13, 1958 Ruben Um Nyobé, anti-colonialist leader and founder of the Union of the Peoples of Cameroon Killed by the French Army
November 3, 1958 Félix-Roland Moumié, anti-colonialist leader of the Union of the Peoples of Cameroon Killed by the SDECE

Central African Republic

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
December 4, 1996[6] Christophe Grelombe, government minister

Chad

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
April 13, 1975 François Tombalbaye, President of Chad Killed during the 1975 Chadian coup d'état
October 22, 1993 Abbas Koty, rebel leader
April 20, 2021 Idriss Déby, President of Chad Killed in the 2021 Northern Chad offensive

Comoros

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
May 29, 1978 Ali Soilih, former President of Comoros Killed after being overthrown in a coup
November 26, 1989 Ahmed Abdallah, President of Comoros Overthrown in a coup.
June 13, 2010 Combo Ayouba, army chief of staff and former interim head of state

Republic of the Congo

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
March 18, 1977 Marien Ngouabi, President of the Congo Barthélemy Kikadidi and others Shot in Brazzaville.[7]
March 23, 1977 Émile Cardinal Biayenda, Roman Catholic archbishop of Brazzaville Abducted and killed by soldiers
March 25, 1977 Alphonse Massamba-Débat, former President of the Congo Killed for his alleged involvement in the murder of President Ngouabi
August 28, 2004 Angèle Bandou, former presidential candidate

Ivory Coast

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
September 19, 2002 Émile Boga Doudou, Minister of State for the Interior and Decentralization Killed in a coup that started the First Ivorian Civil War
September 19, 2002 Robert Guéï, former President of Ivory Coast. Killed in a coup that started the First Ivorian Civil War
September 19, 2002 Rose Doudou Guéï, wife of Robert Guéï and former First Lady of Ivory Coast. Killed in a coup that started the First Ivorian Civil War

Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
January 17, 1961 Patrice Lumumba, former Prime Minister of the Congo[8] Soldiers of the State of Katanga with the involvement of Belgian officials Sent to the breakaway region of Katanga to be killed after being ousted in a coup led by Joseph Mobutu during the Congo Crisis
January 17, 1961 Maurice Mpolo, former Minister of Interior, and associate of Lumumba[7]
January 17, 1961 Joseph Okito, Vice-President of the Senate and associate of Lumumba[8]
January 29, 1993 Philippe Bernard, Ambassador of France to Zaire Killed during an army mutiny in Kinshasa
May 6, 1997 Mahele Lieko Bokungu, Commanding General of the Forces Armées Zaïroises Killed by Mobutu loyalists for attempting to negotiate a peaceful settlement with Laurent-Désiré Kabila during the First Congo War
January 16, 2001 Laurent-Désiré Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo[7] Rashidi Muzele Killed by one of his bodyguards
February 22, 2021 Luca Attanasio, Italian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo [9] Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (suspected) Killed in an ambush in Goma

Egypt

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
1962 BC Amenemhat I, Pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt The identity of the assassin is unknown and the fact of the assassination is not entirely certain. Nevertheless, it is accepted as likely that he was killed in his bedchamber by members of his bodyguard as described in the Instructions of Amenemhat. The assassination of Amenemhat I is commonly cited as the first recorded political assassination in history.
1155 BC Ramesses III, Pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt Tiye, Pebekkamen, and other members of the Harem conspiracy CT scans of his mummy show the king throat was cut deeply enough to strike bone, likely killing him immediately. The conspirators, who were attempting to install Tiye's son Pentawer on the throne, failed, and (according to the Judicial Papyrus of Turin) were tried and sentenced to death by the government of Ramesses's intended successor Ramesses IV.
48 BC Pompey the Great, Roman general and politician Achillas, Lucius Septimius Salvius, and Julius Caesar
1121 Al-Afdal Shahanshah, vizier of Fatimid Egypt
1130 Al-Amir bi-Ahkami l-Lah, Fatimid Caliph
October 24, 1260 Qutuz, Mamluk sultan of Egypt Baybars
June 14, 1800 Jean Baptiste Kléber, French general Suleiman al-Halabi
February 20, 1910 Boutros Ghali, Prime Minister of Egypt Ibrahim Nassif al-Wardani
November 19, 1924 Sir Lee Stack, Governor-General of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
November 6, 1944 Walter Edward Guinness, Lord Moyne, the UK's Minister Resident in the Middle East Eliyahu Hakim, a member of Zionist group Lehi
February 24, 1945 Ahmed Maher Pasha, Prime Minister of Egypt[10] Mustafa Essawy [citation needed] .
January 5, 1946 Amin Osman, Former minister of finance. A group of Egyptian army officers including Anwar Sadat.
December 28, 1948 Mahmud Fahmi Nokrashi, Prime Minister of Egypt[11] Abdel Meguid Ahmed Hassan
February 12, 1949 Hassan al-Banna, founder of the Muslim Brotherhood
November 28, 1971 Wasfi al-Tal, Prime Minister of Jordan Shot by members of Black September during a visit to Cairo.[7]
October 6, 1981 Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt Khalid Islambouli Shot while reviewing a military parade;[7] see Assassination of Anwar El Sadat.
October 13, 1990 Rifaat al-Mahgoub, Speaker of the Egyptian parliament
June 8, 1992 Farag Foda, politician and intellectual Islamist movement al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya claimed responsibility for the attack.
June 29, 2015 Hisham Barakat, Prosecutor General Killed in car bombing

Equatorial Guinea

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
November 14, 1932 Gustavo de Sostoa y Sthamer, Spanish governor

Eswatini

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
April 1, 2008 Gabriel Mkhumane, political opposition leader

Ethiopia

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
December 17, 1960 Ras Abebe Aragai, Prime Minister Killed during a failed coup attempt
June 22, 2019 General Se'are Mekonnen, Chief of General Staff of the Ethiopian National Defense Force Killed during the Amhara Region coup d'état attempt
June 22, 2019 Major General Gezae Abera, Aide to General Mekonnen Killed during the Amhara Region coup d'état attempt
March 30, 2023 Desalegn Bokonja, head of the Prosperity Party’s office in Nekemte
April 27, 2023 Girma Yeshitila, head of the Prosperity Party in Amhara
May 8, 2023 Omer Lemma, head of the Prosperity Party in Haruka Woreda, Afar Region

The Gambia

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
December 16, 2004 Deyda Hydara, journalist

Ghana

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
April 17, 1967 Emmanuel Kotoka, member of the National Liberation Council and Chief of the Defence Staff Killed during Operation Guitar Boy
June 30, 1982 Cecilia Koranteng-Addow, Justice of the High Court of Ghana Abducted and killed along with two other justices by soldiers
June 30, 1982 Frederick Poku Sarkodee, Justice of the High Court of Ghana Abducted and killed along with two other justices by soldiers
June 30, 1982 Kwadwo Agyei Agyapong, Justice of the High Court of Ghana Abducted and killed along with two other justices by soldiers

Guinea

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
January 20, 1973 Amílcar Cabral, anti-colonial activist and Pan-African intellectual Inocêncio Kani Killed in Conakry.

Guinea-Bissau

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
March 1, 2009 Batista Tagme Na Waie, chief of staff of the army
March 2, 2009 João Bernardo Vieira, President of Guinea Bissau Shot by soldiers during armed attack on his residence in Bissau in retaliation for the killing of Batista Tagme Na Waie
June 5, 2009 Baciro Dabó, former Interior Minister and presidential candidate
June 5, 2009 Helder Proença, former Defense Minister

Kenya

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
February 25, 1965 Pio Gama Pinto, journalist, anti-colonial activist and socialist legislator
July 5, 1969 Tom Mboya, Minister of Economic Planning [12]
March 2, 1975 Josiah Mwangi Kariuki, Assistant Government Minister
January 3, 1980 Joy Adamson, conservationist
August 20, 1989 George Adamson, conservationist
February 13, 1990 Robert Ouko, Foreign Minister Disappeared on February 12–13; found dead on February 16.[13]
May 16, 1998 Seth Sendashonga, former interior minister of Rwanda
August 23, 2000 John Anthony Kaiser, Roman Catholic priest
March 5, 2009 Oscar Kamau Kingara, human rights activist
March 5, 2009 John Paul Oulo, human rights activist

Liberia

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
April 12, 1980 William R. Tolbert, Jr., President of Liberia Killed in the 1980 Liberian coup d'état led by Samuel Doe[7]
September 9, 1990 Samuel Doe, President of Liberia Tortured and killed on the orders of Prince Johnson.

Libya

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
July 28, 2011 Abdul Fatah Younis, commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the Libyan Republic Possibly security guards or members of the Obaida Ibn Jarrah Brigade
October 20, 2011 Muammar Gaddafi, de facto head of state from 1969 to 2011 Killed at the close of the First Libyan Civil War. See Death of Muammar Gaddafi
September 12, 2012 J. Christopher Stevens, United States Ambassador to Libya Killed in the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi

Madagascar

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
May 12, 1863 Radama II, King of Madagascar After Radama passed a controversial law allowing disputes to be settled by duelling, his palace was besieged on the orders of the Prime Minister, Rainivoninahitriniony. Radama was captured by soldiers and strangled with a silk sash; some historians believe he may have survived this attack and lived out the rest of his days in obscurity.
February 11, 1975 Richard Ratsimandrava, President of Madagascar Shot six days after taking power in military coup.[7]

Malawi

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
February 3, 1915 John Chilembwe, anti-colonial leader

Mauritania

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
May 12, 1905 Xavier Coppolani, French governor

Mauritius

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
May 10, 1965 Rampersad Surath, Political activist
May 10, 1965 Robert Brousse and Jacques Beesoo, Political activist and policeman[14] in Trois Boutiques.[15]
November 25, 1971 Fareed Muttur, Political activist (MMM)
November 25, 1971 Azor Adelaide, Dock worker and political activist (MMM)
1986 Cyril de Guardia, Raymond Desvaux de Marigny and Ambicaduth Sooknundun (Medine Sugar Estate executives) Sténio Hervel (alias Piou Piou) Piou Piou Hervel murders
1996 Babal Joomun, Zulfikar Bheeky and Yousouf Moorad Political activists (Labour Party) Escadron de la mort Gorah Issac murders

Morocco

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
10 July 1971 Ahmed Bahnini, former Prime Minister of Morocco Killed during the 1971 Moroccan coup d'état attempt
16 August 1972 Mohamed Oufkir, Minister of the Interior and Defense Killed after launching the failed 1972 Moroccan coup d'état attempt against King Hassan II
18 December 1975 Omar Benjelloun, socialist politician Chabiba islamia

Mozambique

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
February 3, 1969 Eduardo Mondlane, anti-colonial activist and leader of the pro-independence FRELIMO movement Killed by a parcel bomb
August 17, 1982 Ruth First, South African communist Killed by a parcel bomb sent by South African Police
November 22, 2000 Carlos Cardoso, journalist Nyimpine Chissano and Anibal dos Santos Shot while investigating allegations of corruption in Mozambique's largest bank. Chissano and dos Santos were charged with orchestrating the murder.

Namibia

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
March 27, 1978 Clemens Kapuuo, Herero chief and politician
September 12, 1989 Anton Lubowski, leading white SWAPO activist Shot in front of his home in central Windhoek, allegedly by members of the government's Civilian Co-Operation Bureau.

Niger

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
April 9, 1999 Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, President of Niger Ambushed by soldiers.[7]

Nigeria

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
January 15, 1966 Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Prime Minister of Nigeria Killed during the 1966 Nigerian coup d'état
January 15, 1966 Ahmadu Bello, Premier of Northern Nigeria Killed during the 1966 Nigerian coup d'état
January 15, 1966 Samuel Akintola, Premier of Western Nigeria Killed during the 1966 Nigerian coup d'état
January 15, 1966 Festus Okotie-Eboh, Finance Minister of Nigeria Killed during the 1966 Nigerian coup d'état
July 29, 1966 Adekunle Fajuyi, Military Governor of Western Nigeria Killed during the 1966 Nigerian counter-coup led by Theophilus Danjuma.
July 29, 1966 Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Head of State of Nigeria Killed during the 1966 Nigerian counter-coup
February 13, 1976 Murtala Mohammed, Head of State of Nigeria[7] Killed in an attempted coup led by Buka Suka Dimka.
October 19, 1986 Dele Giwa, journalist
June 4, 1996 Kudirat Abiola, pro-democracy activist and wife of presidential candidate Moshood Abiola
December 23, 2001 Bola Ige, Justice Minister
October 16, 2011 Modu Bintube, Borno state legislator Suspected to have been killed by Boko Haram militants.[16]
July 2, 2016 Gideon Aremu, Oyo State legislator and lawmaker.[17]

Rwanda

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
December 1896 King Mibambwe IV Rutarindwa Died in the aftermath of the Rucunshu Coup
December 26, 1985 Dian Fossey, primatologist Possibly killed by gorilla poachers.
April 6, 1994 Juvénal Habyarimana, President of Rwanda, and Cyprien Ntaryamira, President of Burundi Plane carrying the two leaders shot down by unknown attackers with a surface-to-air missile. The attack was the catalyst for the Rwandan genocide.[7] See Assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira.
April 7, 1994 Agathe Uwilingiyimana, Prime Minister of Rwanda Killed during the Rwandan genocide
April 7, 1994 Joseph Kavaruganda, President of the Constitutional Court Killed during the Rwandan Genocide
April 7, 1994 Faustin Rucogoza, Minister of Information Killed during the Rwandan Genocide
April 20, 1994 Rosalie Gicanda, Queen Dowager of Rwanda Killed during the Rwandan Genocide
May 1994 Jean-Baptiste Habyalimana, Prefect of Butare Province and then the only Tutsi prefect in Rwanda Killed during the Rwandan Genocide
June 1994 André Kameya, journalist and Secretary-General of the Parti Libéral Killed during the Rwandan Genocide

Senegal

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
February 3, 1967 Demba Diop, Youth and Sport Minister and Mayor of M'Bour Abdou N'Daffa Faye

Somalia

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
April 16, 1957 Kamal Al Din Salah, chairman of the UN Advisory Council on Italian Somaliland Shot by a Somalian
October 15, 1969 Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, President of Somalia Shot by one of his bodyguards, possibly for personal – rather than political – reasons
July 9, 1989 Salvatore Colombo, Roman Catholic bishop of Mogadishu
July 28, 2006 Abdallah Isaaq Deerow, former acting President of Somalia
June 17, 2009 Ali Said, Mogadishu police chief
June 18, 2009 Omar Hashi Aden, security minister Killed in the 2009 Beledweyne bombing, for which Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility.
June 10, 2011 Abdishakur Sheikh Hassan Farah, interior minister Haboon Abdulkadir Hersi Qaaf, Farah's teenage niece Killed in a suicide bomb attack; Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility.
July 27, 2022 Abdullahi Ali Ahmed Waafow, mayor of Merca Killed in a suicide bomb attack; Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility.

South Africa

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
September 22, 1828 Shaka, King of the Zulus Dingane and Mhlangana, Shaka's half-brothers
September 6, 1966 Hendrik Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa[7] Dimitri Tsafendas Tsafendas, a parliamentary messenger, stabbed Verwoerd to death with a dagger in the House of Assembly due to his opposition to Verwoerd's policy of apartheid.
November 22, 1977 Robert Smit, economist and parliamentary candidate for the National Party
August 17, 1982 Ruth First, anti-apartheid scholar and wife of Communist party leader Joe Slovo Killed by a letter bomb; her death was ordered by Craig Williamson of the South African Police.
May 21, 1985 Vernon Nkadimeng, anti-apartheid activist
March 29, 1988 Dulcie September, head of the African National Congress in Paris
May 1, 1989 David Webster, anthropologist Civil Cooperation Bureau
April 10, 1993 Chris Hani, leader of the South African Communist Party Janusz Walus
November 5, 1994 Johan Heyns, prominent leader in the Dutch Reformed Church
January 22, 2009 Mbongeleni Zondi, Zulu chieftain and politician

Sudan

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
March 2, 1973 Cleo A. Noel, Jr., US Chief of Mission, George Curtis Moore, Deputy Chief of Mission, and Guy Eid, Belgian chargé d'affaires[7] Taken hostage and assassinated by members of Black September; see Attack on the Saudi Embassy in Khartoum.
January 1, 2008 John Granville, diplomat for the United States Agency for International Development
June 14, 2023 Khamis Abakar, Governor of West Darfur State Rapid Support Forces (RSF) Killed during the Battle of Geneina of the 2023 Sudan conflict

Tanzania

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
February 3, 1969 Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambican independence leader and founder of FRELIMO Killed by a parcel bomb
April 7, 1972 Abeid Karume, 1st President of Zanzibar and 1st Vice President of Tanzania
June 12, 1979 David Sibeko, South African black nationalist

Togo

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
January 13, 1963 Sylvanus Olympio, first President of Togo Killed in the 1963 Togolese coup d'état.[8]
July 29, 1992 Tavio Amorin, leader of the Pan-African Socialist Party Shot in Lomé on July 23, later died in a Paris hospital.

Tunisia

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
April 16, 1988 Khalil al-Wazir, military leader of the PLO Shot by Israeli commandos in Tunis.[7]
January 14, 1991 Salah Khalaf, deputy leader of the PLO Killed in Tunis.
February 6, 2013 Chokri Belaid, Tunisian opposition leader
July 25, 2013 Mohamed Brahmi, Tunisian opposition leader

Uganda

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
September 22, 1972 Benedicto Kiwanuka, former Prime Minister and Chief Justice of Uganda
February 17, 1977 Janani Luwum, Anglican Archbishop of the Church of Uganda

Western Sahara

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
June 18, 1970 Mohamed Bassiri, Sahrawi leader and journalist "Disappeared" in June 1970, in El Aaiún; reportedly executed by the Spanish Legion.

Zambia

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
March 18, 1975 Herbert Chitepo, Zimbabwean nationalist leader Hugh Hind

Zimbabwe

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Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
1896 Mlimo, Ndebele religious leader Frederick Russell Burnham, British Army scout Mlimo's death effectively ended the Second Matabele War.[18]
31 July 1981 Joe Gqabi, South African ANC activist South African Defence Force [19][20]
24 March 1983 Attati Mpakati, Malawian dissident
22 May 2008 Tonderai Ndira, member of the Movement for Democratic Change

See also

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