The only good dictator is a dead one.

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

Across Africa there is what I call a colonialist mentality or orthodoxy. Orthodoxy in the sense that a lot of things have gone wrong in Africa in the post-colonial period. And time and time again, any time something went wrong, the leadership claims that it was never their fault.

Africa has more dictators per capita than any other continent.

Look at the history of peace accords in Africa. They have a terrible record. They are shredded even before the ink on them is dry.

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

Africa is poor because she is not free.