Tag Archives: Richard Dowden

“You can’t come here with European eyes”: A letter to John Humphreys on his trip to Liberia

April 13, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Richard Dowden Dear John, I listened to your reports from Liberia on The Today programme this morning with growing fury. I am not angry because your reporting is bad. It is extremely good. My complaint is this: you say … read more »

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Ngozi for President

April 3, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Richard Dowden I made a mistake recently. When I read that President Obama had nominated Jim Yong Kim to be the next President of the World Bank, I assumed that was that. When does the hand over begin? Now … read more »

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Boko Haram – more complicated than you think

March 11, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Nothing in Nigeria is what it seems. Beneath a confusing, disorderly surface lie networks of association and obligation of which outsiders, and sometimes insiders, are unaware. Money is chopped (stolen), people paid off, budgets looted and shared. Power, political and … read more »

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