a different light. now making a plea to his countrymen again after last month's presidential election has led to fear that the nation is once again on the brink of civil war. the incumbent president lost according to the vot count in international observers but his ally who runs the constitutional council overturned the independent results and declared him a winner. he held his own ceremony, refuses to give up power. now you have two presidents with two groups of armed supporters. and sadly this is not a surprising story in africa where leaders hold on to power and civil war seems the norm. mugabe in zimbabwe comes to mind and conflicts, sri lanka, sudan, you name it. the problems in africa are deep rooted, complex, well documented. solutions elusive. i was struck by a quote from a swedish diplomat in a weekend article. he said in africa when you are president you have everything and when you are not you have nothing. until africa has a crop of leaders whose elections lead to