no flies on him
By TINA ROSENBERG
Sudanese billionaire Mo Ibrahim plans to give an annual prize worth more than $5 million to an African head of state who was freely elected, turned over power to a freely elected successor and governed well while in office.
``I must give him his due. He has considerably cretinized me.'' Lautréamont
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