 Five African leaders who were assassinated while still in power. Western powers have has been interfering with African politics and in this video we look at the five African presidents assassinated for refusing to be their puppets. Five. Laurent Kabila, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2001. Four. Samuel Doe, Liberia, 1990. Three. Sir Abu Bakar, Tafawa Balooa, Nigeria, 1966. Two. Thomas Sankara, Burkina Faso, 1987. One. Patris Ummumba, Dila Congo, 1961.