"THE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE TUNISIAN REVOLUTION IN AFRICA IN THIS 21ST CENTURY"

Most African nations were ruled by these brutal dictators and lifetime rulers in the last century. Some of the remaining and surviving dictators are still in charge over the affairs of some African nations in this 21st century. We have strong men in power instead of strong democratic institutions in place. The hero worshipping of corrupt, brutal and ruthless rulers replaces good, development-oriented, effective and efficient leadership and governance in many of African nations today.

THE PARADE OF THE REMAINING AFRICAN DICTATORS IN THIS 21ST CENTURY
(i) Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, 30 years in power.
(ii) Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, 31 years in power.
(iii) Muamar al-Gaddafi of Libya, 41 years in power.
(iv) Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia, 17 years in power.
(v) Paul Biya of Cameroon, 29 years in power.
(vi) Omar al-Bashir of Sudan, 22 years in power.
(vii)  Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea, 31 years in power.
(vii) King Mswati III, The King of Swaziland, 24 years in power.
(viii) Isaias Afwerki of Eritrea, 18 years in power.
(ix)  Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia, 20 years in power.

VISIBLE SIGNS OF DICTATORSHIP IN THE AFRICAN NATIONS
These maximum rulers exhibit similar traits in power over the nations that they rule. They are ruthless, brutal, heavily corrupt with state funds, lawlessness in power, extra judiciary killings of perceived opponents, oppressive, anti-democracy, anti-free press, power mad, power crazy, power drunk, election riggers, owners of private armies, anti-independence of the judiciary, one-man show or one-man government in power, suppressive in nature to the collective leadership or the people's collective will and aspirations,  anti-development, as well as exhibiting very terrible human rights records.

AFRICAN TYPE OF REVOLUTION:TUNISIAN PEOPLE OVERTHREW THEIR OWN DICTATOR
The recent people led protests in Tunisia that resulted in the removal of the nation's corrupt dictator Ben Ali, and forced him to abandon his power and fled to a similarly corrupt and a dictatorship safe haven of Saudi Arabia is the beginning of a wave of change that is sweeping the nations of Africa for betterment.

Ben Ali was forced to step down after 23 years in power as protests over economic crises resulted into rallies against him. This is what the united and the collective will of the people can do effectively against these dictators in Africa.

Wyre Davies of the BBC News in Tunis, that nation's capital summed it up this way "The protesters have

put their bodies on the line, and many people have been killed. Tonight, they ignored the curfew to celebrate on the streets. At the end of a dramatic day, President Ben Ali fled, no longer able to hold back the
growing tide of public discontent and anger with his regime. Now the protesters will want to see the fruits
of their demonstrations.
They won't settle for meagre reform, they won't settle for the same elite remaining in power. They're very happy that the president has gone, but they don't like the regime that surrounded him, and they'll want his cronies out as well".
President Barack Obama in his State of the Union address last night said these words about this successful revolution against a dictator in Tunisia:
"And we saw that same desire to be free in Tunisia, where the will of the people proved more powerful than the writ of a dictator. And tonight, let us be clear: The United States of America stands with the people of Tunisia and supports the democratic aspirations of all people".

THE EGYPTIAN GROWING REVOLUTION AGAINST HOSNI MUBARAK  THE DICTATOR
President Mubarak has ruled the nation of Egypt with his iron hands for the last 30 years. The streets of Cairo were filled with protesters yesterday asking President Mubarak to step down from power. The state under his brutal leadership met the protesters with brutal force, by using the anti riot police and also shot down the social networking site the Twitter that the protesters used to organize and to mobilize their support based against this dictator. This uprising was put off for now, but it is not dead at all.  It will rise again and it will more powerful. No dictator can successfully suppress the collective will and aspirations of their own people for ever.

The White House in its official response said the "The Egyptian government has an important opportunity to be responsive to the aspirations of the Egyptian people, and pursue political, economic and social reforms that can improve their lives and help Egypt prosper,"

On Tuesday, The Washington Post newspaper reported that "many demonstrators said they were publicly denouncing Mubarak's rule for the first time, inspired by the images of young people in Tunisia effecting change in a region where most Arab countries are led by autocratic rulers and freedom of speech is limited".

As we advance gradually into this 21st century, the era of the sit-tight rulership and dictatorship will continue to face massive oppositions from the collective will and aspirations of the oppressed people. The invention of the Internet that led to the developments of social networking websites such as the Facebook and Twitter may be the effective political weapons that these oppressed people will eventually used as the mobilising forum against these dictators and for their freedom.