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In January 2003, Kenya—seen as the most stable country in Africa—was hailed as a model of democracy after the peaceful election of its new president, Mwai Kibaki. By appointing respected longtime reformer John Githongo as anticorruption czar, the new Kikuyu government signaled its determination to end the corrupt practices that had tainted the previous regime. Yet only two years later, Githongo himself was on the run, having discovered that th...

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A new book from the award winning author of In the Footsteps of Mr Kurtz, Do Not Disturb explores the controversial career of Paul Kagame and the legacy of the Rwandan genocide

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AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021A new book from the award winning author of In the Footsteps of Mr Kurtz, Do Not Disturb explores the controversial career of Paul Kagame and the legacy of the Rwandan genocide

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AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021 A new book from the award winning author of In the Footsteps of Mr Kurtz, Do Not Disturb explores the controversial career of Paul Kagame and the legacy of the Rwandan genocide

L'Eritrea, la prima e più longeva delle colonie italiane, si avvicina di nuovo a noi con questo libro. La storia dell'Italia e quella dell'Eritrea sono state legate in un "connubio" durato quarant'anni. Ritornano dalla nebbia della memoria figure come quella di Ferdinando Martini (primo governatore civile e "architetto" della colonia), degli alpini che hanno combattuto a Keren e tanti altri episodi e accadimenti dimenticati. Finita la guerra g...

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Scarred by decades of conflict and occupation, the craggy African nation of Eritrea has weathered the world's longest-running guerrilla war. The way international power politics can play havoc with a country's destiny gives the story of Eritrea a resonance and a tragic dimension beyond imagining.

Known as "the Leopard, " the president of Zaire for thirty-two years, Mobutu Sese Seko, showed all the cunning of his namesake -- seducing Western powers, buying up the opposition, and dominating his people with a devastating combination of brutality and charm. While the population was pauperized, he plundered the country's copper and diamond resources, downing pink champagne in his jungle palace like some modern-day reincarnation of Joseph Co...

In January 2003, Kenya was hailed as a model of democracy after the peaceful election of its new president, Mwai Kibaki. By appointing respected longtime reformer John Githongo as anticorruption czar, the new Kikuyu government signaled its determination to end the corrupt practices that had tainted the previous regime. Yet only two years later, Githongo himself was on the run, having secretly compiled evidence of official malfeasance throughou...

Subtitled, "How The World Betrayed A Small African Nation". Brilliantly reveals the contradictions and comedy, past and present, of Eritrea.

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A compelling courtroom drama inspired by recent events, moving between the sun-dazed mountain-top Red Sea capital of Lira and the Peace Palace in The Hague. A debut novel from a highly respected "Financial Times" and "Guardian" journalist. Now in paperback.

A gripping account of both an individual caught on the horns of an excruciating moral dilemma and a continent at a turning point.