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Africa: Time for Truth-Telling?
Can U.S. President Joe Biden challenge human rights and corruption abuses at the June G7 Summit in Cornwall? By Frank Vogl, June 9, 2021
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The West’s powerful governments are always quick to state how important Africa is, but then quickly slack off.
COVID-19 has encouraged even more corruption and human rights abuses in many sub-Saharan African countries. While not on the world’s radar, the pandemic has pushed tens of millions of Africans into absolute poverty.
The West’s most powerful governments are always quick to state how important Africa is, but then quickly slack off. In view of the increasing human tragedy, they should finally move beyond mere warm words.
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Beyond post–genocide Rwanda
Michela Wrong s latest book, Do Not Disturb, the Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad , is the story of just how far President
Paul Kagame will go to control Rwanda s postgenocide image and why it must be protected at all costs
Departures Podcast with Michela Wrong
By Editor | Published: May 10, 2021
Near the end of this episode, host of the Departures podcast Robert Amsterdam tells his guest, “This is perhaps the best book I’ve ever read on Africa, and I’ve read a lot of books.”
Such is the esteem we hold for Michela Wrong, a British journalist who has covered Africa for decades for outlets such as the BBC and the Financial Times. Her latest book, “
Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad,” tells the inside story of the authoritarian regime of President Paul Kagame in Rwanda through the lens of one specific murder case – the 2013 killing of Patrick Karegeya, the former head of external intelligence, and extrapolating that investigation to reveal so much more about the country and the region.