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Harper's Magazine, 30 September 2008
Cheney Watch: Halliburton Bribery Investigation proceeding in UK and US
 
New York Sun, 11 September 2008
U.S. Widens Iran Sanctions As Drone Is Reported In Darfur
 
Voice of America, 8 September 2008
Sudan Denies it Receives Iranian Military Help
 
Sunday Standard, Botswana, 5 August 2008
Mugabe cronies reportedly stashing US dollars into foreign accounts
 
Le Monde, 4 August 2008
Mike Turner quitte BAE Systems sur un bilan mitigé
 
Financial Times, 1 August 2008
Harare tycoon rides political upheaval
 
Reuters, 23 July 2008
Arabs hear alarm bells as ICC targets Sudan's Bashir
 
SW Radio Africa, Zimbabwe, 22 July 2008
Zanu PF chefs transferring millions outside the country
 
L'Express de Madagascar, 17 July 2008
Africa polls bring hope but big hurdles lie ahead
 
BBC World Service radio, 16 July 2008
Mike Johnson speaks to Patrick Smith about Zimbabwe's economy (audio)
 
Voice of America, 14 July 2008
South Africa's Mbeki To Brief AU's Ping On Zimbabwe Talks Process includes 
Interview With Patrick Smith - Download (MP3) audio clip
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The Southern African, 14 July 2008
Angola’s Economy Run By Presidential Daughters And Generals
 
The Southern African, 14 July 2008
Where Mugabe’s Government Gets Its Money 
 
Reuters, 3 Jul 2008
Rebuff to Mugabe is watershed for African Union
 
Institute of War and Peace Reporting, 30 June 2008
African Union urged to act on Zimbabwe
 
The Daily Mail, 26 June 2008
Helping the desperate or prolonging their misery? The British firms doing business with Zimbabwe
 
World Socialist Website, 18 June 2008
Fighting erupts over Eritrean armed incursion into Djibouti
 
The Daily Telegraph, 15 June 2008
Barclays accused of giving Robert Mugabe 'financial lifeline'
 
The Independent, 15 June 2008
Standard Chartered at centre of Zimbabwe sanctions inquiry
 
BBC News, 29 April 2008
Open season on Nigeria's Obasanjo
 
BBC News, 17 March 2008
How long can Cameroon's Biya rule?
 
The International Herald Tribune 15 February 2008
Bush Africa visit seen more about strategy
 
BBC News, 3 January 2008
At a glance: Kenya unrest
 
BBC News, 29 December 2007
Special Report - Divided they fall: the Kenyan opposition
 
BBC News Magazine, 29 November 2007
What can't be named Muhammad?
 
BBC News, 24 September 2007
Zimbabwe diaspora 'may get vote'
 
The Sunday Herald (Scotland), 16 September 2007
Congo facing third civil war in 10 years
 
BBC Focus on Africa, 18 June 2007
Somalia in the eye of the storm
 
BBC News, 26 April 2007
Could Nigeria go Orange?
 
The Observer,  28 January 2007
Barclays' millions help to prop up Mugabe regime
 
BBC News, 2 January 2007
Africa's year of terror tactics
 
BBC News, 26 October 2006
Prize offered to Africa's leaders
 
The Observer, 10 September 2006
US accused of covert operations in Somalia
 
BBC News, 25 March 2006
Death stirs debate over sullied leaders
 
The Independent, 14 February 2006
Obituary: Dr Beko Ransome-Kuti, Nigerian human rights campaigner
 
BBC Focus On Africa, magazine 2 January 2006
Fine words but corruption soars
 
BBC News, 29 December 2005
Africa's year of democratic reverses
 
BBC News, 3 August 2005
Obituary: John Garang
 
BBC News, 2 August 2005
Profile: Salva Kiir
 
BBC News, 7 July 2005
Tutsi party accepts Burundi poll
 
BBC News, 6 July 2005
Praise for peaceful Burundi poll
 
BBC News, 11 March 2005
Africa Commission report: Analysis
 
BBC News, 5 March 2005
West challenged on Africa issues
 
BBC News, 11 February 2005
Togo: Africa's democratic test case
 
BBC News, 13 January 2005
Sudan peace paves way for oil deals

BBC Radio Four, File on 4, 30 November 2004
Taxpayers' cash 'funding corrupt deals'
 
BBC News Online Magazine, 6 October 2004 
Taking Africa in hand
 
BBC News, 27 August 2004
'Mercenary leader' found guilty
 
BBC News, 27 August 2004
Mercenary Guilty: Simon Mann convicted in Zimbabwe 
Video interview with Patrick Smith about Simon Mann's conviction in Zimbabwe
 
BBC Focus on Africa, 21 April 2004
Africans crazy for democracy
 
BBC News, 11 March 2004
Equatorial Guinea: Ripe for a coup
 
BBC News, 23 February 2003
Mugabe cronies 'get farms'
 
BBC News, 25 February 2002
Oil and diamonds after Savimbi

BBC News, 23 February 2002
Patrick Smith on the killing of Jonas Savimbi (audio)
 
BBC News, 19 December 2001
Tanzania row escalates
 
BBC News, 19 December 2001
Patrick Smith discusses corruption in Tanzania (audio)
 
BBC News, 26 September 2001
Congo pays the price for war
 
BBC News, 5 July 2001
Rebels welcome Sudan peace plan
 
BBC News, 5 July 2001
Gill Lusk, Deputy Editor, Africa Confidential, discusses the Libyan/Egyptian initiative for Sudan (audio)
 
BBC News, 15 February 2001
Democratic Republic of Congo war
Video interview with Patrick Smith as African leaders gather in Lusaka for a summit to try and end the conflict in the DRC
 
BBC News, 29 May 2000
Patrick Smith talks about finding a political solution in Sierra Leone (audio)
 
BBC News, 26 May 2000
Company 'to list for Congo mining'
 
BBC News, 23 November 1999
Moi confronts corruption critics
 
BBC News, 23 November 1999
Kenyan leader denies foreign cash claims

BBC News, 9 July 1998
Patrick Smith on the death of Chief Abiola (audio)
 
BBC News, 4 January 1998
Special Report - President Moi: an enduring face of Africa