Les fous d'Afrique
1 September 2008
Africa: Altered states, ordinary miracles
Beware - Africa can be addictive, warns Richard Dowden. What's more, he adds, it can drive you into the ranks of what the French call les fous d'Afrique - those who are driven mad by the continent.
Africa is striving for a fresh start
1 September 1993
Four years after the Wold Bank's seminal 1989 report, the continent's crisis is deepening and more children are dying, says Michael Holman.
Adrift, divided, and indebted
26 May 1995
General Sani Abacha has promised to put his country back on the path of economic reform and held our the prospect of a return to civilian rule. But the army's record of broken promises has all but destroyed its credibility, writes Michael Holman, Africa Editor.