What the world needs now

Speaking with our driver on the way home the other day I asked him what
he thought of Aljazeera news. He said that every news source has its
bias and we have to keep that in mind when getting our news, but he
personally listens to a radio show for Ethiopian listeners that
broadcasts out of Germany, which apparently allows them a bit more
freedom. He also said that he respects Aljazeera as a news source to the
extent that they were the only ones to report in detail the violence
that occurred against private citizens after the 2005 elections in
Ethiopia, which many people consider a turning point for the country--a
turn for the worse, unfortunately. I asked him what he thought was wrong
with the government since 2005 since, essentially, it has been the same
government since 1991. He said that for the past 18 years the regime
hasn't changed, and although they were doing a good job before, they
fell into corruption in recent years. According to him, the problem most
African countries face is that their leaders are uneducated and so they
cling to any positions they rise to, doing absolutely anything to avoid
being ousted from their seat of power. In an educated society, the loss
of position does not necessarily mean loss of power, and one can usually
bounce back with a bit of effort. So his idea is that more education is
the solution to eradicating corruption. Change is something that should
be inherent in a healthy political system, and education allows for that
change to take place. Wise words, I say, for a driver who himself has
claimed to be in need of higher education.