That African countries have been, for the most part, ruled by cruel men (for they have all been men!), is probably well known in both Africa and other parts of the world. What is little known, however, is that many, if not all of these men have a tradition of hiring Western lobbyists to clean their dirty images abroad so that they may gain legitimacy abroad rather than with their own people at home. This is strange, given that many of these dictators have been hoisted on Africa by the West. However, that is the tradition. The latest new hire is Lanny Davis, a former counsel to Bill Clinton. Davis seems to be currently in the employ of two notorious African dictators: the current person who has stolen the Ivorian presidency, Laurent Gbagbo, and the eternal ruler of Equatorial Guinea, Obiang Nguema.
Update: Lanny Davis resigns Gbagbo lobbying job. He also needs to resign the Obiang job given that Obiang's dictatorship is worse than Gbagbo's.
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