African angst as seen by journalists
28 October 2013
Journalist Karl Maier, correspondent of The Independent and a number of other publications, has been making repeated visits to Angola since 1986.
Out of Love with Africa
23 June 2013
The Last Train to Zona Verde: Overland from Cape Town to Angola
By Paul Theroux
Africa is rising - and Britain's bwanas are out of step
28 February 2012
Africa is on the move: from basket case to a potential bread basket, from dodgy debtor to investor opportunity. Too bad that Britain risks remaining out of step and out of touch.
Austerity, Bono and a culure of cuts
22 December 2010
By Michael holman
Thank goodness, the IMF and the bank don't bother us in Africa. Instead they now watch Ireland, writes Michael Holman An article about "cuts".
Aid to Africa
27 May 2009
By Michael Holman
Arena (Michael Holman): Of course aid corrupts. The evidence is there, from Congo to Kenya. And who can doubt that most aid to Africa does not work: a greater percentage of Kenyans today live in poverty than at independence some 45 years ago, despite billions of dollars of foreign assistens.
Aid to Africa: not only mad, but dangerous to receive.