The Ebola of dictatorship has ravaged Africa for over 50 years, from the time Africans gained independence. That Ebola has killed millions over the years. Just think of more than 5,000,000 Congolese who died of preventable diseases since the two unnameable little devils in human shape who rule over Rwanda and Uganda sent troops to loot the Congo and rape its women. No question: that Ebola is both deadlier and scarier. I have spent several years telling the world that dictators are a real threat to world security and that humanity must design comprehensive strategies to eradicate all forms of tyranny.
The other Ebola has also mutated since the time of Idi Amin Dada, Habyarimana, Mobutu, etc. Dictators have shed their skins and have become dictocrats, meaning dictators fraudulently elected through pseudo-democracy. They still represent a threat to public safety, public health, and mental health of hundreds of millions of Africans who've been reduced to silence, unable to speak up their mind to preserve their lives, unable to live decent lives. They change their countries' constitutions to remain on power and escape trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC) for all the crimes they have committed.
It is time to help Africans get rid of the other Ebola, the Ebola of dictatorship and corruption. That virus is a serious threat to lives of millions of Africans, who, like rest of the world, long for dignity and respect for human lives.
P.S I published this comment on 9/9/2014 at the Foreign Policy Magazine: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/09/05/we_could_have_stopped_this_ebola_virus_world_health_organization
