Africa's Hell on Earth

Now, with a gun pointed at me, a torch light flashing into my face, I stood up and raised my arms up in surrender.' Dictatorship is ravaging Africa. At a time when the rest of the world is engaged in establishing enviable democracies and stable societies, many countries across Africa are still battling with the scourge of tyrants who rule their people with iron fists. In The Gambia, a dictator has ruled that country for nineteen years during which period he has killed, exiled, and made many disappear and has completely destroyed the economy and chances of success of that country. In Africa's Hell on Earth, Omar Bah vividly describes his harrowing escape journey when soldiers armed with AK-47 rifles were determined to kill him on the orders of the dictator. Omar Bah also exposes the manner in which he was detained and tortured and what many other victims undergo in the prisons that the dictator mockingly calls 'Africa's hell on earth.