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The hierarchy of horrors

  • 27 September 2007
  • 7 comments

Ask an ordinary Brit for his image of Africa, and you will get a collage of nightmarish visions of flyblown, skeletal children and vile diseases festering in tropical forests

Is it ever their money?

  • 06 September 2007
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Voters want proof their leader is living it up. If he can't secure a glamorous car for himself, how can he deliver on his promises to them?

Mystery of Mobutu's millions

  • 26 July 2007
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The bitter value of silence

  • 28 June 2007
  • 2 comments

Two men in overcoats walked up to Serge Maheshe as he stood chatting to friends and shot him

What really makes a difference

  • 04 June 2007
  • 7 comments

I like to think I've developed an instinctive humbug detector

Wolfowitz's other mistake

  • 07 May 2007
  • 4 comments

Wolfowitz's technique, by all accounts, consisted of allowing aides brought in from the Bush administration to humiliate World Bank officials with decades of experience

Birthday thoughts on the road to Thika

  • 09 April 2007
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How the infrastructure of many African states has now shrivelled away

A bumptious guide to book writing

  • 12 March 2007

Michela offers a helping hand to would be authors on Africa - so long as they're female

Kapuscinski, more magical than real

  • 12 February 2007
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What's the truth about Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski

War by proxy, but not the one we think

  • 15 January 2007
  • 13 comments

The price of allowing the dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea to fester

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

Interview

Omar Bin Laden

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

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

Film review

A Serious Man

A Serious Man (15)

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