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Lives on the line

Richard Dowden — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:00:10 GMT

Will the world recession return African economies to their knees? Not if China has anything to do with it. This is one friendship that stands to flourish through the hard times.

Dinner with Tutu and a day with the Barmy Army

Richard Dowden — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:52:02 GMT

"You were wonderful," beamed the archbishop, thanking the audience for their support in the anti-apartheid struggle. Several looked uneasily into their napkins

Blood, bullets and ice

Richard Dowden — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 12:00:00 GMT

Observations on diamonds

It's good to talk - even better to sell

Richard Dowden — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 12:00:00 GMT

Africa is changing fast. Aid and debt relief may help, but mobile phones and trade with China are proving even more vital

To save Africa we must listen to it

Richard Dowden — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 12:00:00 GMT

Africa special: the big picture - Their fault or our fault? The blame game doesn't help. More important is our attitude: we must now acknowledge that Africa will make its own future

African patience helps Mugabe

Richard Dowden — Mon, 15 Dec 2003 12:00:00 GMT

Observations on the Commonwealth summit

The root of all evil. Robert Mugabe may be a bad man but, in the list of recent human rights abusers in Africa, it is absurd to put him in the top league. And like all pin-up Mr Evils, he is the product of political processes. By Richard Dowden

Richard Dowden — Mon, 01 Sep 2003 12:00:00 GMT

Brothers Under the Skin: travels in tyranny Christopher Hope Macmillan, 280pp, �17.99 ISBN 1405005556

The Brits really are superior

Richard Dowden — Mon, 28 Apr 2003 12:00:00 GMT

Richard Dowden explains why the American forces, which operate like the German army and gear everything to military might, will make bad peacekeepers in Iraq

Our strange friends in the south

Richard Dowden — Mon, 21 Apr 2003 12:00:00 GMT

Only four African countries supported the war, and their leaders all have a taste for invading their neighbours. Richard Dowden fears they will be tempted to indulge it

Swaziland's conquering heroines

Richard Dowden — Mon, 19 Aug 2002 12:00:00 GMT

As world leaders descend on southern Africa to debate global ills, the continent faces its greatest ever catastrophe. Richard Dowden talks to HIV-positive women determined to change the world before they die