Robert Mugabe and Jacob Zuma has been ranked among sub-Saharan Africa’s 26 worst leaders in a poll released yesterday by Gallup, an American research organisation that studies approval rates for presidents worldwide.
The Gallup results, which were released as leaders were getting ready to attend the US-Africa Leaders’ Summit in Washington DC this week, are based on face-to-face interviews with at least 1 000 adults, aged 15 and older, conducted in the 26 countries.
Mugabe, who was ranked 21 out of 26 leaders, received an approval rating of 44% and was tied together with Chad’s Idriss Déby while Mali’s Ibrahim Boubacar Keita topped the list at 86%.
Botswana President Ian Khama (81%) was ranked second best in the region with Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta (78%) on third position.
According to the survey, Mugabe edged his southern neighbour, South African President Jacob Zuma, who was ranked 25th with 41% approval. Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan was ranked 23rd, with a single percentage point behind Mugabe…
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