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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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
Society
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
Africa
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
Africa
Is it ever their money?
- 06 September 2007
- 2 comments
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?
Africa
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
Africa
What really makes a difference
- 04 June 2007
- 7 comments
I like to think I've developed an instinctive humbug detector
Africa
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
Africa
Birthday thoughts on the road to Thika
- 09 April 2007
- 2 comments
How the infrastructure of many African states has now shrivelled away
