Africa's salvation doesn't lie in begging and begging for more aid, and as an African, I find it very, very humiliating.

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

Africa has more dictators per capita than any other continent.

When Uganda got debt relief in 1999, the first item President Museveni bought was a presidential jacket for himself.

Hippos kill more people in Africa annually than any other wild animal.

The 'Cheetah Generation' refers to the new and angry generation of young African graduates and professionals, who look at African issues and problems from a totally different and unique perspective.

To be sure, dictators are crafty, evil geniuses with awesome firepower at their disposal. They are also brutally efficient at intimidation, terrorism, and mass slaughter. However, a force is able to dominate because the counterforce is either nonexistent or weak.