World Affairs: Africa
Lead Feature
Aid in a crisis
Rich Western nations are urged to stick with the UN Millennium development goals inspite of the turbulence in the global economy.
In africa
Bethlehem's testimony
- 30 September
"Once we got inside, it felt as if we were in prison for doing an awful crime"
Mbeki's troubled legacy
- By Jakkie Cilliers
- 30 September
In his early years as president of South Africa Thabo Mbeki strode the globe like a colossus. But is his greatest contribution his resignation?
The end of 'greed is good'?
- By Duncan Green
- 29 September
Far from Wall Street, Duncan Green from Oxfam looks at what the financial meltdown means for the poor countries during his visit to East Africa.
Facing deportation
- By Katy Taylor
- 25 September
Asylum seekers the Nukajem family are waiting in Yarls Wood detention to find out if they are to be sent home to Cameroon. Read their story as it unfolds over the coming days
Talking it through
- By Henri Bura Ladyi
- 19 September
Henri Bura Ladyi discusses the efforts involved in bringing militias to the table in Eastern DRC.
Power of the people over power of the gun
- By Asha Hagi
- 19 September
Asha Hagi MP from Somalia writes about efforts of ordinary Somalians to bring peace to their strife torn country.
Feature
Mother of invention
Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles
Richard Dowden
Portobello Books, 576pp, £25
More in africa
Hanging on a telephone
- By Ed Hancox
- 18 September 2008
Dinner with Tutu and a day with the Barmy Army
- By Richard Dowden
- 11 September 2008
The famous things they never said
- By Michela Wrong
- 04 September 2008
A welcome coup
- By Pieter Tesch
- 14 August 2008
The burden of knowing too much history
- By Michela Wrong
- 31 July 2008
Last chance for peace?
- By James Smith
- 17 July 2008
How a continent missed its moment
- By Michela Wrong
- 03 July 2008
