Articles by Richard Dowden, Director

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Articles by Richard Dowden 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Africa they won't feel lonesome tonight
Published: 29 December 2009, Times Online

 

Africa's Future
Published: November 2009   

 

Why Africa welcomes the "new colonialism"

Published: 9 November 2009, Times Online

 

Lives on the line

Published: 23 July 2009, New Statesman 

 

Fine words, but will Africa listen?

Published: 13 July 2009, The Independent

'We want him to rule all African countries'
Published: 11 July 2009, The Independent

Obama’s direct line to the heart of Africa
Published: 10 July 2009, The Timesonline

 

Dr Tajudeen Abdul Raheem 1956 – 2009  

Published: 25 May 2009

 

Jacob Zuma - a question of competence not conscience
The man likely to become South Africa's president must realise his limitations

Published: 23 April 2009

 

Helping Africa break free

Published: March 2009 

 

Chinua Achebe: A Hero Returns

Published: 18 February 2009
Listen to the audio here

 

Britain Should Cease Its One-Sided Support Of Rwanda: If Kagame Doesn't Rein In Nkunda, We Should Tell Him We Won't Fund Him

Published: 15 December 2008

 

How Will the Financial Crisis Affect Africa?
(Published in RAS website in October, 2008)

 

Future Uncertain As Curtain Falls on South Africa's Julius Caesar - Despite Often Quirky Views, Thabo Mbeki His Country Economically Strong. Will His Successor Endanger That Legacy?

Published: 23 September 2008

 

Zimbabwe: How can sworn enemies work together? The Harare deal may break down but it could also become a model for Africa's future

Published: 13 September 2008

 

The Family: Africa's Blessing and Curse
Published:  31 August 2008

 

Africa's Leadership's Crisis
Published: 11 June 2008

 

Material Gains, an interview with Richard Dowden 
Published: 2 June 2008

 

Governance in Africa: opportunities and threats 
May 2008

Kenya: The Perfect Storm
Published: 1 January 2008

Analysis: African Chance. Transcript of a recorded documentary.
Broadcasted: 13 December 2007

Kenya's exiled champion
Published: 3 September 2007

The new statue in Parliament Square talks to its fellows
Published: 29 August 2007

Child kidnap is a worrying change of the rules
Published: 9 July 2007

 

Will Gordon Brown change Britain's policy on Africa?
Pubblished: 3 July 2007

 

Nigeria election
Pubblished: 27 April 2007

 

Opposition rejects Nigeria poll results
Pubblished: 24 April 2007

 

Nigerian poll mired in claims of vote-ripping, fraud and violence
Published: 23 April 2007

 

Nigeria's election sidesteps plight of poor
Published: 21 April 2007

 

Ruling party 'trying to rig Nigerian vote'
Published: 16 April 2007

 

 New Nigeria seeks break with corrupt past
Published: 14 April 2007

 

Africa's Barometer
Published: 11 April 2007

 

Article on Slavery
Prospect, March 2007

 

End Game in Zimbabwe
Time Magazine, March 2007

 

Out of Africa
Prospect, January 2007

 

Catastrope in Somalia
The Independent January 11 2007

 

This War in Africa Should not be Taking Place
The Independent, 27 December 2006

 

On offer: a huge prize in a land of poverty
Published: 26 October 2006

 

Out of Africa
Prospect, July 2006

 

G8 Gleneagles Commitments to Africa one year on
Evening Standard, June 27th 2006

 

 How America brought peace to Somalia - by accident
The Independent, 21st June 2006

 

 Court threatens to block cannibal cult's peace offer
The Times, May 18 2006

 


D-day for the 'new Mugabe' of Africa
The Observer, 19th February 2006


Thousands of child 'witches' turned on to the streets to starve
The Observer, 12th February 2006


In Search of Ugandan Democracy
opendemocracy.net, 6th December 2005


It's good to talk - even better to sell
New Statesman, 17th October 2005


You're History
Riots, starvation and a coup. Whatever happened to those G8 promises on Africa?
The Independent, 10th August 2005


In Niger we see a cruel truth

The Times, July 28th 2005


Why we need to understand Africa
The Independent, Saturday 2nd July


If there was no aid to Africa
BBC Website, July 2005


Whats Right and Wrong with Africa?
The Independent, 1st June 2005


Review of BBC's Africa Season
    The Times, June 2005


We've Got to Talk to Mugabe
    Article for the Times, 16th May 2005


The Commisison for Africa - Paper for the Tswalu Dialogue
    Based on a paper given at the Tswalu Dialogue Conference, April 2005


What now of Blair's Africa vision after Zimbabwe?
    The Independent, 4th April 2005


Review: The state of Africa, A History of Fifty Years of Independence, Martin Meredith
    Book review for the Spectator Magazine


One Small Step for Africa
    The Times, 9th March 2005


Why Africa is the way it is
    BBC Website, 9th March 2005


Reviews of Histories of the Hanged by David Anderson and Britain's Gulag by Caroline Elkins
    The Guardian, 5th February 2005


Can Gordon Save Africa?
    The Observer, 9th January 2005


Removing the barriers to change: the role of the West in Africa
    NRC Handelsblad, October 2004


Blair Study shows how West harms Africa
    Reuters, Thursday 7th October 2004. By Tsegaye Tadesse in Addis with comments by Richard Dowden.


The State of the State: The past, present and future of the nation state in Africa
    In the IPPR journal, New Economy, September 2004 - Volume 11 Issue 3


The Today Programme: Crisis in Darfur
    24th July 2004


Darfur can best be resolved by Africans
    The Independent, Monday 26th July 2004


What Africa wants has hit new depths: Survey shows half of those questioned believe world is going in wrong direction
    The Guardian, 16th June 2004


Moi is accused of £2 billion diamond scam
    The Sunday Times, 13th June 2004


Broken on the old battlelines drawn in the Saharan sands
    The Guardian, 8th June 2004


Ten years on, the Rwandan Government may be sowing seeds of another genocide
    The Times, 2nd April 2004


I have a sneaking regard for the 419 scammers' audacity
    The Times, 18th December 2003


Zimbabwe's Commonwealth Suspension Extended
    The Independent, 8th December 2003


Mugabe Hits Out At Racist Plot Against Zimbabwe
    The Independent, 8th December 2003

 

See also Richard Dowden's website here and his Africa Blog on our website.