Western-style multi-party democracy is possible but not suitable for Africa.

The only good dictator is a dead one.

Dictators cause the world’s worst problems: all the collapsed states, and all the devastated economies. All the vapid cases of corruption, grand theft, and naked plunder of the treasury are caused by dictators, leaving in their wake trails of wanton destruction, horrendous carnage and human debris.

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

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

Dictators are allergic to reform, and they are cunning survivors. They will do whatever it takes to preserve their power and wealth, no matter how much blood ends up on their hands. They are master deceivers and talented manipulators who cannot be trusted to change.

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