2012 (41)
  • Dec 12 2012
  • 3:35pm
Mayfair may trump Banana Island. But how does Old Kent Road compare to Makoko?
Last night I checked my calendar and discovered that there are literally two wee...
  • Nov 9 2012
  • 11:35am
Tortured to death for posting on Facebook?
Each time Sattar Beheshti clicked the 'submit blog' button, he knew that...
  • Nov 1 2012
  • 10:16am
Caught between Boko Haram and the Nigerian security forces - a bitter cycle of violence
For most Nigerians and keen observers of African affairs Boko Haram has become a...
  • Oct 30 2012
  • 5:06pm
Sandy storms the States, but what about Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti…?
So at this morning’s news meeting my colleague Niluccio asked a very salie...
  • Oct 9 2012
  • 5:48pm
Dan Jones - our true Local Hero
I’d always thought so.  Pretty much everyone who’s ever worked ...
  • Sep 10 2012
  • 4:11pm
Sweating it out in Chad prisons can lead to death
Chad may not be that well-known.  Some may know that it borders Sudan and r...
  • Aug 31 2012
  • 5:18pm
Rash executions aren't the solution President Jammeh
It may be a pretty popular tourist destination. But The Gambia also holds one of...
  • Aug 22 2012
  • 5:47pm
Will Zenawi’s successor usher in a brighter Ethiopia for human rights?
Without question, Meles Zenawi was one of the most well-known African statesmen ...
  • Aug 13 2012
  • 2:46pm
For some it's not the winning that counts, it is the taking part
So the curtain has fallen on the ‘happy and glorious’ London Olympic...

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