The Big Read: Africans leave because their dictators don't

If you want to have your heart broken, on any day or evening, then please watch the European news channels. Without fail, every evening news bulletin carries images and stories of Africans dying in flimsy, dangerous boats crossing the Mediterranean Sea trying to reach the shores of Europe.Those who land in places such as France and Italy then risk life and limb trying to get further away from their home continent: to Britain, to Germany or elsewhere.