Patrick Smith
Farringdon Road,
London EC1
Dear Readers,
It is one of those weeks when London lives up to its old reputation as the crossroads of Africa. The capital has hosted a procession of African stars beginning with one of Africa's most distinguished intellectu...
Patrick Smith
Paris
Dear Readers,
Happy New Year! I say that with more fervour than usual. The new year's prospects didn't look auspicious as the old year hobbled away. Just as I was setting off for the airport for a swing through West Africa, the radio and televisi...
Guest Blogger
Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front's National Conference 2006
The ninth Zimbabwe African National Union conference may be finished but the controversy isn't. Welshman Ncube, Secretary General of the Mutambara-led Movement for Democratic Chan...
Patrick Smith
On 11 March, a week AFTER Africa Confidential published an exclusive report on the main findings, British Prime Minister Tony Blair launched his Commission for Africa report.
Blair insisted that he would reform British policy to meet the Africa Commissi...
Patrick Smith
Nearly two years after the Sudan government began massacring its own citizens in Darfur, the United Nations at last seems to be moving – albeit slowly – towards action. Iraq has put military ventures out of fashion and many have used this as an excuse for...