Unlike their Western counterparts, Africans take elections very seriously - rising up early to queue patiently in line for hours under the hot sun and cast their ballots. Any misguided attempt to nullify or steal their votes will evoke a strong reaction from them.
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Hippos kill more people in Africa annually than any other wild animal.
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When Uganda got debt relief in 1999, the first item President Museveni bought was a presidential jacket for himself.
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The richest persons in Africa are heads of state, governors and ministers. So every 'educated' African who wants to be rich - and there is nothing wrong with wanting to be rich - heads straight into government or politics.
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African history is filled with experiences of people shooting their way to power and then splintering into factions, like in Somalia and Liberia.
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Mugabe's become a disgrace to Africa. And I must say this because I am an African and a lot of us looked up to him back in the 1980s when he was the liberation hero. But he's now turned himself into a murderous despot.
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