If NATO goes in and solves the crisis in Darfur, when the next one comes along Africa's leaders will just sit back.

There was free trade in Africa. There was free enterprise in Africa before the colonialists came.

The solutions to Africa's problems lie in Africa, not in Live Aid concerts.

If NATO goes in and solves the crisis in Darfur, when the next one comes along Africa's leaders will just sit back.

African history is filled with experiences of people shooting their way to power and then splintering into factions, like in Somalia and Liberia.

The election of Senator Barack Obama brought jubilation across Africa, where millions celebrated him as 'one of their own.'

Back in the 1960s Africa not only fed itself, it also exported food. Not anymore.