Michela Wrong
Michela Wrong has spent 13 years reporting on the African continent and is the author of two non-fiction books, "In the Footsteps of Mr Kurtz," about the Congolese dictator Mobutu, and "I didn't do it for you", about the Red Sea nation of Eritrea.
Articles by michela wrong
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Africa
How a continent missed its moment
- 03 July 2008
Mbeki's grand project has been sabotaged by his inability to view events on the continent outside a narrow racial prism
Africa
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
Africa
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
Africa
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
Africa
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
Africa
The dilemma for Kenya's donors
- 17 January 2008
- 10 comments
Should donors continue lending to the new government, which many Kenyans regard as illegitimate?
Politics
Tribal paranoia
- 10 January 2008
- 6 comments
Ethnic polarisation is taking hold in Kenya reports Michela Wrong Photos by Peter Chappell plus don't miss Rageh Omaar's analysis
World Affairs
How Kenya lost its way
- 03 January 2008
- 11 comments
For decades Kenya was the African success story, yet the election has exposed bitter divisions. Now the country is on the verge of meltdown
Africa
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
