It is an unfunny comedy.

As expected, comedian Volodymyr Zelensky won the presidential election in Ukraine yesterday, but what is shocking is that he received nearly 75% of votes cast, humiliating former President, Petro Poroshenko. Zelensky won despite having no policies, except promising to clean up corruption and control the oligarchs. People are so fed up with established political parties that they voted for Zelensky in a deliberate insult to politicians. It is somewhat like the NOTA (none of the above) vote in India, the difference being that politicians in India have made it useless, by making NOTA an invalid vote, while in Ukraine, people were able to show their contempt for all politicians by electing a complete outsider with no experience in politics. Ukraine's economy is expected to grow at around 2.5% this year with inflation at 7-10%, so Zelensky will have to institute structural reforms. After weeks of protests, Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir was removed from power on 11 April by the military and is now being held in Kobar high-security prison. $351,000, 6 million euros and 5 billion Sudanese pounds were found in his house, stuffed in bags which once held 50 kg of grain. The military council has promised a return to civilian rule but protesters do not believe "remnants" of the old regime. While agreeing to a civilian government the army said "it will hold on to control over the interior and defence ministries", which means the police and the army. Senior officers of the army were complicit in the genocide in Darfur in which over 100,000 people are said to have died. 60 protesters have apparently been killed in the recent protests. Complete handover of power may result in charges against these generals resulting in long prison sentences, as officers in Argentina discovered when they were jailed for crimes committed 40 years back. A similar situation is playing out in Algeria where protesters are demanding a complete regime change, after forcing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to refrain from standing for a fifth term. Algeria's oil wealth was being divided among the military, the higher bureaucracy and some business leaders and people want all of them out. People are still protesting in Tunisia, the birthplace of Arab Spring. "Thousands of Tunisians, including many young men, left the country to join ISIS in Syria, Iraq or Libya; proportionately its militants made up one of the highest percentages of ISIS fighters from the region." The Egyptian parliament has changed the constitution to enable general-turned-politician Abdul Fattah al-Sisi to stay on as president till 2030. Thousands are protesting in Morocco for release of those who had protested earlier. Perhaps, electing a comedian is best. At least he can make people laugh, while they are crying.