Socialism is always wrong.

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.

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

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

You have to separate the humanitarian impulse from the record of aid itself. We all want to help. Many people would say that it's the moral impulse of the rich to help the poor, but the record of aid has been terrible.

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

There was free trade in Africa. There was free enterprise in Africa before the colonialists came.