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.
Tainted data hide the cost if Africa's upheavals
25 May 2009
Even by Africa's grim standars, it was a horrendous statistic: 5.4m peiple have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo from "war-related causes since 1998", claimed the International Rescue Committee in january last year.
Out of fashion, out of Africa
1 October 1995
Kenya, and on a clear day you can see snow on its peak. When it rains, I smell the earth, tangy, acrid and smoky, and if I stand downwind I can smell the rain coming.
News from Ndinji
1 January 1993
DR JULIUS K. Nyerere, the erstwhile president of Tanzania who remains chairman if his country's ruling (and only) party, is a remarkable man.
Zimbabwe's loss, Mozambique's gain
5 September 2002
Michael Holman suggests a cross-border rresettlement programme for white farmers that would allow southern Africa to retain scarce expertise.
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