President Jose Eduardo dos Santos
(ruler of ANGOLA since 1979-09-10) | 
President Saye Zerbo
(ruler of UPPER VOLTA since 1980-11-25) | 
President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza
(ruler of BURUNDI since 1976-11-02) | 
President Mathieu Kerekou
(ruler of BENIN since 1972-10-26) | 
President Quett Masire
(ruler of BOTSWANA since 1980-07-13) | 
President Mobutu Sese Seko
(ruler of ZAIRE since 1965-11-25) | 
Andre-Dieudonne Kolingba
(ruler of CENTRAL-AFRICA since 1981-09-01) | 
President Denis Sassou-Nguesso
(ruler of CONGO since 1979-02-07) | 
President Felix Houphouet-Boigny
(ruler of IVORY COAST since 1959-04-30) | 
President Ahmadou Ahidjo
(ruler of CAMEROON since 1960-01-01) | 
President Aristides Pereira
(ruler of CAPE VERDE since 1975-07-05) | 
President Hassan Gouled Aptidon
(ruler of JIBUTI since 1977-06-27) |
President Chadli Bendjedid
(ruler of ALGERIA since 1979-02-09) | 
President Hosni Mubarak
(ruler of EGYPT since 1981-10-14) | 
Mohamed Abdelaziz
(ruler of WESTERN SAHARA since 1976-08-30) | 
Mengistu Haile Mariam
(ruler of ETHIOPIA since 1977-02-03) | 
President Omar Bongo
(ruler of GABON since 1967-11-28) | 
Jerry John Rawlings
(ruler of GHANA since 1981-12-31) | 
President Sir Dawda Jawara
(ruler of GAMBIA since 1981-08-05) | 
President Ahmed Sekou Toure
(ruler of GUINEA since 1958-10-02) | 
President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
(ruler of EQUATORIAL GUINEA since 1979-08-03) | 
President Joao Bernardo Vieira
(ruler of GUINEA-BISSAU since 1980-11-14) | 
President Daniel Arap Moi
(ruler of KENYA since 1978-08-22) | 
Ahmed Abdallah
(ruler of COMOROS since 1978-05-23) |
Samuel Doe
(ruler of LIBERIA since 1980-04-12) | 
King Moshoeshoe II
(ruler of LESOTHO since 1970-12-05) | 
Guide Muammar Gaddafi
(ruler of LIBYA since 1969-09-01) | 
King Hassan II
(ruler of MOROCCO since 1961-02-26) | 
President Didier Ratsiraka
(ruler of MADAGASCAR since 1975-06-15) | 
President Moussa Traore
(ruler of MALI since 1968-11-19) | 
Colonel Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidallah
(ruler of MAURITANIA since 1980-01-04) | 
President Hastings Banda
(ruler of MALAWI since 1966-07-06) | 
President Samora Machel
(ruler of MOZAMBIQUE since 1975-06-25) | 
President Seyni Kountche
(ruler of NIGER since 1974-04-15) | 
President Shehu Shagari
(ruler of NIGERIA since 1979-10-01) | 
President Juvenal Habyarimana
(ruler of RWANDA since 1973-07-05) |
President France-Albert Rene
(ruler of SEYCHELLES since 1977-06-05) | 
President Gaafar Muhammad Numairy
(ruler of SUDAN since 1971-07-22) | 
President Siaka Stevens
(ruler of SIERRA LEONE since 1971-04-21) | 
President Abdou Diouf
(ruler of SENEGAL since 1981-01-01) | 
President Muhammad Siad Barre
(ruler of SOMALIA since 1969-10-21) | 
President Manuel Pinto da Costa
(ruler of SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE since 1975-07-12) | 
King Sobhuza II
(ruler of SWAZILAND since 1967-04-25) | 
Hissene Habre
(ruler of CHAD since 1982-06-07) | 
President Gnassingbe Eyadema
(ruler of TOGO since 1967-04-14) | 
President Habib Bourguiba
(ruler of TUNISIA since 1957-07-25) | 
President Julius Nyerere
(ruler of TANZANIA since 1964-11-01) | 
President Milton Obote
(ruler of UGANDA since 1980-12-15) |
President Kenneth Kaunda
(ruler of ZAMBIA since 1964-10-24) | 
President Canaan Banana
(ruler of ZIMBABWE since 1980-04-18) |
