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Michael Holman

Mr Holman was brought up in Zimbabwe. He was Africa editor of the Financial Times from 1984 until 2002; between 1977 and 1984 he was the Financial Times’ Africa correspondent, based in Lusaka, Zambia.

Politics2 years ago

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN: Hope and fear in Zimbabwe

The immigration official at Harare’s Robert Mugabe International Airport looked up after examining my passport, his face expressionless. “Why have you come to Zimbabwe?” “To celebrate,” I...
Politics3 years ago

CARROT AND STICK: How the British Defused Land Tensions in Kenya

London, UK EIGHT MILLION ACRES OF THE COUNTRY’S BEST LAND It was a potentially explosive situation. A few hundred white farmers held over eight million acres...

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