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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2018 09:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The Guardian (12th September, 2018) Seven years ago I went on one of my strangest journalistic jaunts, when I joined the first western parliamentary delegation to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The Times (30th December, 2017) Dictatorland: The Men Who Stole Africa by Paul Kenyon (Head of Zeus) I came to this book with enthusiasm. The author [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i paper (20th November, 2017) So farewell then, Robert Mugabe. The situation in Zimbabwe remains fluid after the carefully planned coup that claims not to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2012 16:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published in The Independent (November 24th, 2012) Having been flown over on the luxurious presidential jet, we sat for a while in a hotel bar, watching a local [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published in The Guardian (March 5th, 2012) The latest attempt to award a controversial $3m UNESCO prize given by Africa&#8217;s longest-ruling dictator has been jeopardised by the organisation&#8217;s own lawyers, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The strange and evil world of Equatorial Guinea</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published in The Observer magazine (October 23rd, 2011) It is hard not to be impressed when you arrive in the newly rich nation of Equatorial Guinea, especially when [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Africa’s despots fear the gales will blow south</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published in The Times (March 11th, 2011) Juan Pedro Mendene was midway through his weekly radio programme, ironically called Total Relaxation, when the live broadcast was interrupted by his [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published in The Independent (August 18th, 2009) Frederick Chiluba is a sharp dresser. The one-time bus conductor who rose to become President of Zambia has a fondness for [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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