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
World view - Michela Wrong despairs of debate
- 05 September 2005
African voters are naive about their constitutions. Ruthless, corrupt elites will not suddenly start sharing power just because a legal document says they must
Society
There has to be a better way to go
- 22 August 2005
The one thing we can be sure of is our own death. So why do we often make such a mess of it, asks Michela Wrong
Politics
They came, they talked, they left. For what?
- 18 July 2005
G8 - No one gave the NGOs a right to the last word. They have agendas like all the rest
World Affairs
Look who's talking
- 11 July 2005
G8 quiz - Some of these quotations about Africa are from Africans and some are not. Can you spot the difference? Compiled
World Affairs
A crisis of leadership
- 04 July 2005
G8: Africa - Where exactly is the acclaimed "new breed" of progressive African politician? Without it, aid is like petrol on a fire
World Affairs
World view - Michela Wrong sees sense in ex-politicians
- 20 June 2005
Listening to Robert McNamara these days, you have to wonder why politicians start to talk sense only when they can no longer make a difference
World Affairs
World view - Michela Wrong learns a lesson about sleaze
- 23 May 2005
What we can learn from the curious story of the noisy party, the irate First Lady and the World Bank's top man in Kenya
Politics
Chronicles of deaths foretold
- 09 May 2005
Election 2005: the future - Michela Wrong on Africa
World Affairs
World view - Michela Wrong sees Kenya running of the rails
- 25 April 2005
- 2 comments
Kenya is showing every sign of running off the rails over "governance" issues, which means corruption. But donor nations, Britain included, can't admit it
Politics
Blood of innocents on his hands
- 11 April 2005
- 2 comments
Pope John Paul II helped keep the continent of Africa disease-ridden, famished and disastrously underdeveloped, writes Michela Wrong from Nairobi
