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David L Smith is executive director of Okapi Consulting

ERITREA

Don’t Look the Other Way! Lessons in Leadership from a Dutch UN General

Former UN force commander Patrick Cammaert preferred asking for forgiveness than permission

  • David L Smith
5 min read
Even if Bozizé does not win, there is a good chance another recycled candidate from the past will get the job, because that is what happens in the CAR — over and over again. (Florent Vergnes/AFP via Getty Images)
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

In the Central African Republic, Bozizé plots his comeback

François Bozizé was president of the Central African Republic for a decade until his ousting in 2013. Now he’s plotting a comeback, but he had his chance — and failed

  • David L Smith
7 min read
ZAMANI BOOKS

Kano is a book lover’s paradise

Nigerians love writing and reading, and a major city in the north of the country provides an experience like few others.

  • David L Smith
5 min read

Hope flickers in ‘Little Liberia’ outpost

Little Liberia: An African Odyssey in New York by Jonny Steinberg (Jonathan Ball).

  • David L Smith
1 min read