In our series of viewpoints from African journalists, Ghanaian writer and politician Elizabeth Ohene considers the power behind strongmen.
Of course, like the rest of the world, I have been completely hooked on Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution.
Unfortunately some of it sounds like deja-vu.
Every revolution, every hated dictator, indeed, it seems every leader must have its femme fatale, the Lady Macbeth figure who is held responsible for the problems of the regime.
