Face up to reality and start talking to Robert Mugabe
10 September 2013
It is time for the west to take stock, set aside old scores and take a fresh look at Zimbabwe.
A walk to freedom... and chaos
2 December 2013
Nelson Mandela emerged with tantalising slowness. For the first time in 27 years the outside world was about to see the man who had become an iconic image for the century.
Africa has to act on Zimbabwe to avert a disaster
3 December 2013
Something is stirring in Africa. Belatedly, often reluctantly, its leaders are speaking out on Zimbabwe. The rogue president in their ranks, they are coming to realise, poses a threat with the potential to destabilise their fragile continent, already caught in a growing storm.
The west lays itself a trap over Uganda’s anti-gay laws
5 March 2014
Once a favourite of international aid donors, Uganda’s president is the target of western outrage following his decision last week to approve one of the continent’s nastiest anti-homosexual laws.
What Kibaki’s snub means for old Europe
7 April 2012
There is bad news for those aggrieved European diplomats whose complaints about being denied access to President Kibaki made headlines last weekend.