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The famous things they never said

  • 04 September 2008
  • 6 comments

The mystery of a famous quotation that cannot actually be found

The burden of knowing too much history

  • 31 July 2008
  • 11 comments

If, as a westerner, you are going to visit Africa, the earlier in your life you do it, the better

How a continent missed its moment

  • 03 July 2008
  • 10 comments

Mbeki's grand project has been sabotaged by his inability to view events on the continent outside a narrow racial prism

Lessons from a beleaguered continent

  • 29 May 2008
  • 7 comments

People cannot be left indefinitely to fester in unbearable living conditions, stripped of any hope

Why it's all about land

  • 17 April 2008
  • 1 comment

In much of Africa today, the sad reality is that land is still the only asset guaranteed to retain its value

What made Kibaki blink?

  • 06 March 2008
  • 8 comments

The donor community's stance was outrageous. Arrogant, high-handed, a clear challenge to national sovereignty, it verged on neocolonialism. And thank God for it

Don't mention the war

  • 14 February 2008
  • 3 comments

Failing to acknowledge the elephant in the room means generations of cynical politicians have got away with blatant ethnic favouritism

The dilemma for Kenya's donors

  • 17 January 2008
  • 11 comments

Should donors continue lending to the new government, which many Kenyans regard as illegitimate?

Some events demand a monument

  • 22 November 2007
  • 1 comment

Amin was said to keep the heads of his victims fresh in a fridge to be brought out so he could scold them while he dined

War brews on the new frontier

  • 25 October 2007
  • 51 comments

Michela Wrong reports on the tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea and the war brewing on the new frontier

Green heroes

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Heroes

Green villains

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Villains

Bjorn Lomborg

Cloud control

Cloud control

What if...

Hugh Gaitskell lived

What if... Hugh Gaitskell had lived

James Macintyre

Brown at war

Like it or not, Brown’s a war leader

Will Self

On brands

We’re all with the brand

Interview

Omar Bin Laden

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

Film review

A Serious Man

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