I couldnt blieve it when i saw the crowds in the streets shouting anti-Gaddafi slogans. Surely there is no strongman too hard to oust so long as there masses are behind the revolution...in other news, Uganda is blocking texts that contain the words EGYPT and TUNISIA

These Libyans appear to be faster that Tunisians and Egyptians...poor Gadaffi....how times change.

The protestors have grabbed weapons and are now engaging in shootouts with the Army !

The 'mad dog of middle east' may topple faster than Ali and Mubarak. In the meantime the Arab unrest is causing M7 jitters.

Talk of a blowing 'ill' wind.

No human being can stop change. You may thinks that whatever is happening in the Arab world is a one day event. You're wrong. Pressure has been building up unregulated over a period of time. It has now gotten a vent! However, their scenario is very different from ours. In Kenya, we have progressively agitated and demanded for change since the days of one-party KANU rule. The democratic space got expanded with the advent of multi-partyism. We have successfully achieved great strides in our constitution by for instance eradicating detention without trial, allowing Kenyans to exercise freedom of association, freedom of information et al. The culmination of this journey was the promulgation of the new Constitution.

SWEE....ET

The impact of this Arab revolution is very significant, Arab dictators have been a yoke on the necks of the western powers who could not justify pushing for reforms in poor African countries while supporting their oil rich despotic allies in Egypt and the middle east. With the fall of these dictators, they will be free to try and gain a foothold in Africa by pushing for democratic change in back water countries that are now turning to the East.

If I were Mugabe, Gbagbo etc, I would be very worried, the era of dictators is coming to an end.