Ryszard Kapuscinski: a great writer but a lousy journalist
Last night I discussed the work of the famous Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski with his biographer, Artur Domoslawski on the Radio 3 programme Night Waves.
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MPs have warned that Pakistan gets a lot of British cash, but doesn’t collect enough from its own citizens. Are they right?
Somali pirates have kidnapped hundreds of people and cost millions in ransom payments. Jamal Osman finds journalists keen to interview them do not always get what they bargained for.
The UN authorises an unprecedented military unit to fight rebel groups, alone or with the Congolese army, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
The herbal stimulant khat should not be banned in Britain, say official drugs advisers, who also dismiss suggestions that its trade funds terrorism.
Somali militants linked to al-Qaeda say they have executed French agent, Denis Allex, days after a botched rescue attempt which resulted in the deaths of two French commandos.
Airlines based in the Middle East and Poland become the latest to ground Boeing 787 Dreamliner planes amid safety concerns.
Rwanda will see its aid budget reduced amid allegations it is helping rebels in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. Who else gets our money – and are their hands clean?
Think of Somalia as a child ruled by irresponsible parents, with the UN as its social services. Jamal Osman asks if the strife-torn country can convince investors it is now ready to look after itself.
Last night I discussed the work of the famous Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski with his biographer, Artur Domoslawski on the Radio 3 programme Night Waves.
As Unicef releases figures showing that more children now survive their fifth birthday than ever before, a charity praises the efforts of two post-conflict African nations on child mortality targets.
The 100 most obscure endangered species suffer from being unknown and need to be better protected to stop them dying out by 2020, a new study has found.
Internet access remains a luxury good in most countries with connections costing almost half of average monthly incomes, according to a global study launched by the web’s inventor Tim Berners-Lee.
When he came to power in 1991, Meles – a short, precise man in a suit – was a new kind of African leader: not a flamboyant kleptocrat like Mobutu or Mugabe, but an ascetic, a former communist and guerilla leader
Ethiopia’s prime minister Meles Zenawi is dead. He’d been rumoured to have died long before this morning’s announcement on Ethiopian state television.
The Organisation of American States jumps into the diplomatic row over Julian Assange and the inviolability of the Ecuadorian embassy as the WikiLeaks founder prepares to address the crowd on Sunday.