Long reads Letter from Dakar When an awkward, mild-mannered geologist called Macky Sall won a landslide over his former boss Abdo By Simon Akam
The vagabond king When 25-year-old Valentine Strasser seized power in Sierra Leone in 1992, he became the world’s youngest head of state.… By Simon Akam
Old wound, same pain The conquest of the Wild West left North America’s first inhabitants scattered, diseased and broken. By Simon Akam
’’We’re still fighting the Civil War here“ Virginia, a former slave state and Republican stronghold, could help secure the presidency for Barac By Simon Akam
Marking 9/11 On the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks Obama and McCain came together in a brief susp By Simon Akam