Africa
Barometer
Yeah, Bob, they know The answer to the rhetorical question posed by the Band Aid single, ‘Do they know it’s…
We should worry about Ebola in Africa, not here
Got Ebola yet? Early symptoms are very difficult to distinguish from either winter flu or, indeed, a particularly bad hangover.…
What’s an army good for?
In the case of America, the answer is now practically everything – except perhaps winning wars
The boa constrictor observes its prey
Few subjects generate as much angst, or puzzlement, among Western policymakers in Africa as China’s presence on the continent. In…
Let them eat carbon credits
How green policies hit the poorest hardest
Never say ‘never again’
Twenty years ago, I was a witness to the Rwandan genocide. Those who speak of lessons from it are deluded
A dying language
Why I won’t let my children be taught French
Back in time to a childhood discovery in Africa
About 55 years ago, when I was about ten, my younger brother Roger and I discovered a slave pit in…
Looking for racism
Britain has less prejudice than the countries where I’ve lived before – and more people taking offence
Wild life
On the flight into Kinshasa, I sat next to an elderly Englishman who was pallid with fear. He revealed that…
The morality gap
The world can now be divided between post- and pre-enlightened countries
