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The death of Tajudeen Abdul Raheem in a car crash on the way to Nairobi airport in the early hours of Africa Day, 25 May, deprives the continent of one of its bravest and wittiest ...

Alison Des Forges, who died on 12 February 2009 in a plane crash near Buffalo, New York, combined great compassion, dedicated activism and intellectual rigour in her advocacy for h...

James Anthony Lemkin, who died on 12 May, was one of the founders of Africa Confidential. He set the newsletter up in 1960, along with John Vernon, Charles Janson and Charles March...

Carole Collins was a friend of Africa ­ and of Africa Confidential. Journalist, academic, and most strikingly, advocate for peace and justice, she had been deeply involved wit...

Charles Janson, who died on 15 June aged 88, was the founding Editor of Africa Confidential. His early inspiration, flair, integrity and courage established the newsletter as an au...

We are saddened to announce the death of John Vernon, one of the founding directors of Africa Confidential. A liberal-minded hereditary peer, the 10th Baron Vernon died, aged 77, o...