Experts
Richard Dowden
Director, Royal African Society
The journalist does not have faith in a massive financial aid package for Africa. Read More
Richard Dowden says Mugabe will not bow from power if only to spite the West. Read More
The journalist says prevention is the key step that no effort has been able to successfully deliver on yet. Read More
Journalist Richard Dowden says solidarity is the goal but it's handicapped by regional allegiances. Read More
The journalist notes a great deal of enthusiasm for Obama but no homegrown leader of equal stature. Read More
The journalist analyzes China’s far-reaching role in Africa’s mineral sector. Read More
The journalist says colonialism was “short enough to destroy leadership in Africa but not long enough to replace it with anything else.” Read More
The journalist explains the dysfunction that plagues Africa’s politics. Read More
The journalist advises not going to Africa with the idea of being a crusader. Read More
The journalist tells the story of the world’s leading organization for African affairs. Read More
The journalist first entered the field after missionaries got him a teaching job in Uganda in 1971. Read More
About Richard Dowden
Richard Dowden is Executive Director of the Royal African Society in London (www.royalafricansociety.org). Richard worked for the Times until 1986 when he became Africa Editor of the Independent and in 1995 took the post of Africa Editor at The Economist. He also made three television documentaries for the BBC and Channel 4 on Africa.