A wind of change is sweeping across North Africa and the Middle East. Anti-government protests that began in Tunisia have replicated sending shivers down the spines of long serving leaders in Africa, that continue to be heartless towards their own people. The “Domino effect" seem to have taken its toll.
Most leaders, specifically in Africa, tend to lose focus of why they are elected into office in the first place. What is most worrying is their tendency to lose touch with the electorate and often they adopt this “super human persona” that pushes them further and further away from the people. People vote for leaders because, they believe that, they can bring change into their lives. Most of the protests that are taking place, starting from Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Algeria, Bahrain and now Libya, have commonalities. Mostly these protests are fueled by the youth, who feel disenfranchised and that they are not included in economic activities of the country. Too often, our leaders feel too much comfortable in their chauffeur driven Limos and multi-million Dollar Presidential palaces and tend to forget the poverty and reality people live in.
This “revolution” should serve as an eye opener for those non-performing leaders (specifically in other African countries), that they are where they are because of people and people need positive change. Viva la revolucion!
