It is time for democracy in Africa in general to ‘grow up’ and realize that along with freedoms and rights, come responsibility and accountability. It is time for African leaders to be taken to task for overstaying their welcome and for abusing their long-suffering and most neglected countrymen. It is time that those who are elected to rule, rule on behalf of those who elected them and not according to some personal or political agenda. If Africa is unable to do this, perhaps it is time for donor nations to understand that handing Africa all the fish in the world is NEVER going to make them better fishermen. As long as donor nations can be depended on to bail them out, the incentive to run viable, economically sound country’s remains secondary to leaders who are intent on stuffing their own pocketbooks while running their country into the ground – Robert Mugabe, one time hero of his people, is currently the best example of this.