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Dictators cause the world's worst problems: all the collapsed states, and all the devastated economies. All the vapid cases of corruption, grand theft, and naked plunder of the treasury are caused by dictators, leaving in their wake trails of wanton destruction, horrendous carnage and human debris.
— George Ayittey
Tags: naked, problems, corruption, world

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Hippos kill more people in Africa annually than any other wild animal.
— George Ayittey
Tags: more, wild, animal, people
When Uganda got debt relief in 1999, the first item President Museveni bought was a presidential jacket for himself.
— George Ayittey
Tags: president, first, jacket, debt
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.
— George Ayittey
Tags: nothing, rich, government, politics
African history is filled with experiences of people shooting their way to power and then splintering into factions, like in Somalia and Liberia.
— George Ayittey
Tags: way, power, people, history
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.
— George Ayittey
Tags: say, africa, i-am, hero
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