Hippos kill more people in Africa annually than any other wild animal.
In a banana republic, one might slip on a banana peel but things do work - now and then for the people, albeit inefficiently and unreliably.
The only good dictator is a dead one.
Africa has more dictators per capita than any other continent.
Virtually all of Africa's civil wars were started by politically marginalized or excluded groups.
If NATO goes in and solves the crisis in Darfur, when the next one comes along Africa's leaders will just sit back.