I was caught up in the web of Gaddafi’s immense power

Obsession with power is doing African leaders no good. Even before the dust settles on the disastrous antics of Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza whose determination to cling to power against all the odds has left his tiny country awash with blood, Congo Republic’s Dennis Sassou Nguesso and Rwanda’s Paul Kagame are perched on roof tops shouting for the extension of their terms.

Their echo has been covertly but determinedly picked by Democratic Republic of Congo’s Joseph Kabila alias Kabila Kabange who faces elections in 2016 but has his eyes trained on a nebulous third term.