Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa and Kenya: four African countries regarded until recently as successes of political reform and economic progress, and with wider potential.
They could
Kenya's much-vaunted presidential election on 27 December 2007 has turned from what could have been a trailblazing exercise in democracy into a catastrophe. A flawed count has been
When Robert Mugabe complained at the European Union-Africa summit in Lisbon on 8-9 December 2007 about the "arrogance" of Europe's leaders he was on the right
We punch above our weight, claimed Commonwealth leaders who held their biennial heads-of-government summit (CHOGM) in the Ugandan capital Kampala on 23-25 November 2007.
Who did they think they were
Take all predictions about the end of Robert Mugabe's regime with a pinch of salt.
No one has a clue as to how the man will go; or
"The Soul of the White Ant"
by Eugène Marais
Human & Rousseau | March 2006 | ISBN 9780798145930
Recommended by Michael Holman
It was a sunny day in Rhodesia when
Imagine a timber investment bond that can help an African country resolve its growing fuel crisis, which can offset the global warming impact of your holiday flight, and which indirectly
More than twenty years ago Bob Geldof and I shared what turned out to be a case of wishful thinking.
We believed that the millions of pounds raised by Band
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* Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe
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Michael Holman, writer and journalist
Defusing the peoples passion
Is Africa better off after Gleneagles? The continent's profile is higher, debate
Behind the politicians and pop stars on display at the Gleneagles summit of the Group of Eight (G8) on 6-8 July, look out for another contingent of professionals: non-government organisations
