Twenty Minor Despots of the Twenty-First Century is a series of profiles of world leaders who still rule their countries through anti-democratic means. In many forgotten or ignored parts of the world, there are still men who have inherited entire countries from their families, or blatantly rig elections to stay in power. Like latter-day Roman Emperors, they rule according to their whim. • Uzbekistan, where political opponents are boiled to death • Cameroon, where the President intervenes in the national football team • Belarus, where rather than divorce his wife, the President had her • North Korea, where Kim Il-Sung is still President – despite the fact that he’s been dead for ten years