Christopher Thompson

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The scramble for Africa's oil

  • 14 June 2007
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Within a decade, the US will be heavily dependent on African oil. Little wonder the Pentagon is preparing a strategy for the region.

Africa's secret prisons

  • 21 May 2007

Observations on rendition

No thanks for the help

  • 16 April 2007

Observations on Darfur

The quiet revolution

  • 19 March 2007

Observations on people power

Farmers find a new friend

  • 15 January 2007

Mugabe is inviting white farmers back after previously pledging to clear them from Zimbabwe's farms

Changing faces

  • 30 October 2006

Observations on South Africa

War by other means

  • 04 September 2006

Observations on ivory

Homeless pay the price of oil wealth

  • 22 May 2006

Observations on Angola

Putting oil before refugees

  • 19 September 2005

Observations on Mauritania

Iran at a glance

  • 14 February 2005

Iran - Research

Tiananmen Square

20 years on

Desperately seeking democracy

Nina Power

Newspeak's legacy

Bamboozle, baffle and blindside

Television

Simon Schama

Simplistic Simon says: “Look at me, everyone!”

Theatre

Liberal guilt

Watch out for the bleeding-heart liberal

Vernon Bogdanor

Worse than Profumo

End of the party

Nicky Wire

The way I see it

Nicky Wire: The way I see it

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Will China rule the world?

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