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

Africa is poor because she is not free.

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

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.

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.