A last chance for laid-back leader of the opposition – Financial Times
4 January 2003
When Mwai Kibaki made his first speech as president to a jostling, sweating, over-excited crowd of half a million Kenyans this week, many were surprised by both it's tone and content.
Africa's Potemkin deception
20 February 2004
Statistics no better than assumptions are used to sell insupportable schemes, all wrapped in an unwarranted belief that Africa is somehow 'getting better'.
The donors who turn a blind eye to Kenyan sleaze
15 February 2005
By Michael Holman
Not since an outraged German banker exposed the multibillion dollar fiddles Presdient Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire has there been such an authoritative account of sleaze in an African state as the revelations of John Githengo, Kenya's anti-corruption supremo.
Africa needs confidence, not more aid
18 March 2005
For 40 years, western-led donors have been putting money into Africa. Yet its citizens have got poorer. So how do aid ministers and NGOs justify this wasteful spending?
At least we all agree on one thing; Africa is in a mess.
Zimbabwe's loss, Mozambique's gain
5 September 2002
Michael Holman suggests a cross-border rresettlement programme for white farmers that would allow southern Africa to retain scarce expertise.
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