In the West, the basic economic and social unit is the individual; in Africa, it is the extended family or the collective.

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

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

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

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.

Radio is the death and life of Africa.

The only good dictator is a dead one.