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Perspectives THE NEXT STEP FOR SOUTH AFRICA BY RUSSELL WARREN HOWE South Africa is not Mississippi. The problems attending President Frederick W. de Klerk's recognition that apartheid's...

A Way Out in South Africa (July 1986)

Perspectives A WAYOUT IN SOUTH AFRICA BY RUSSELL WARREN HOWE No historian faults Neville Chamberlain for wanting to avoid war at Munich in 1938. Rather, he is scored for believing this goal was...

Facing the Inevitable in South Africa (August 1985)

REVOLUTION AND PARTITION Facing the Inevitable in South Africa by russell warren h°we Nearly 24 years ago, on assignment in South Africa for the Washington Post, I arranged a luncheon interview...

Qaddafi Dreams of Empire (September 1983)

CONTAINING TRIPOLI Qaddafi Dreams of Empire by russell warren howe When the grasslands of North Africa began to dry up nearly three millenia ago, creating the sand ocean of the Sahara, what is...

Looking Ahead in Zimbabwe (March 1980)

A MODEL FOR SOUTH AFRICA? Looking Ahead in Zimbabwe BY RUSSELL warren Howe ZIMBABWE becomes independent next month under an African nationalist government?85 years earlier than Ian Smith...

Southern Africa vs. the World (November 1978)

VIOLENCE AND MORE VIOLENCE Southern Africa vs. the World by russell warren howe Washington For Southern Africa, the summer just approaching promises lo be one of the longest and hottest in...

The Salisbury Overture (March 1978)

What lies ahead The Salisbury Overture BY RUSSELL WARREN HOWE ABEL MUZOREWA Washington On March 3, Bishop Abel Mu-zorewa, the Reverend Nda-baninghi Sithole, Chief Jeremy Chirau and Prime...

The Carter Strategy in Africa (September 1977)

A REFRESHING PRAGMATISM The Carter Strategy in Africa BY RUSSELL WARREN HOWE Washington Guerrilla warfare in Rhodesia and Namibia, ur-bah violence and the possible existence of atomic weapons...

Tongsun Park: The Man Behind the Smile (August 1977)

SOUTH KOREA'S SECRET WEAPON Tongsun Park: The Man Behind the Smile BY RUSSELL WARREN HOWE Washington The South Koreans certainly get around, the average U.S. citizen must be thinking these days....

Arms and the Man from Plains (August 1977)

DIFFICULTIES OF RESTRAINT Arms and the Man from PlziinsBY russell warren h°we Washington The difference between occupying the Oval Office and talking about what one would do if elected President...

Mobutu's Katanga Problem (April 1977)

A GHOST FROM THE PAST Mobutu's Katanga Problem by RUSSELL WARREN HOWE Washington In the predawn darkness of March 8, the ghost of Moise Tshombe marched again as about 1,500 Katangese men...

Cyprus and the Turkish Elections (March 1977)

A WHOLE NEW BALL GAME? Cyprus and the Turkish Elections BY RUSSELL WARREN HOWE now question Turkey's 50-year-oUt commitment to the Occident. Leftists look to Moscow, Rightists seek a nationalist...

The Next Step in Southern Africa (February 1977)

LETTING EVENTS TAKE THEIR COURSE The Next Step in Southern Africa BY RUSSELL WARREN HOWE Washington The stalemate in southern Africa comes at an inconvenient time for the new Administration. The...

An Elusive Past (January 1977)

An Elusive Past Roots By Alex Haley Doubleday. 597 pp. $12.50. Reviewed by Russell Warren Howe Veteran Africa correspondent; author, "Black Africa" From grandmotherly talk on a Tennessee...

Struggling for a Solution in Southern Africa (July 1976)

IN THE FACE OF A RACE WAR Struggling for a Solution in Southern Africa BY RUSSELL WARREN HOWE United States policy toward South Africa is comparable to its attitude toward France when that...

Britain Lowers Its Sights (July 1976)

DEVALUATION AND DEVOLUTION Great Britain Lowers Its Sights BY RUSSELL WARREN HOWE London In this summer of uncharacteristic, almost subtropical heat, a sense of disaster hangs over Great...

Ian Smith's Last Stand (March 1976)

RESISTING MAJORITY RULE Ian Smith's Last Stand BY RUSSELL WARREN HOWE The situation in Rhodesia today is a real-life equivalent of the one in Rudyard Kipling's "The Man Who Would Be King." As...

The Stakes in Angola (January 1976)

UNRAVELING A CIVIL WAR The Stakes in Angola BY RUSSELL WARREN HOWE WASHINGTON IN 1483, the lookout in the crow's nest of a Portuguese ship five meridians south of the equator spotted a huge...

Black Cromwell (November 1973)

Black Cromwell Kenyatta By Jeremy Murray-Brown Dutton. 416 pp. $12.50. Reviewed by Russell Warren Howe Veteran Africa correspondent: guest scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center Kamau...

Correspondents' Correspondence (August 1973)

Correspondents' Correspondence BRIEF TAKEOUTS OF MORE THAN PERSONAL INTEREST FROM LETTERS AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED BY THE EDITORS. African Dada Kampala-There is a little of General Idi...

Storm Warnings in Capricorn Africa (April 1973)

GUERRILLAS RAISE Storm Warnings in Capricorn Africa BY RUSSELL WARREN HOWE Zambia opened its first military air base last month at Mumbwa, near Lusaka, its capital. Designed by an American...

Pressing for Justice (May 1972)

Pressing for Justice Free Press and Fair Trial Edited by Chilton R Bush Georgia 136 pp $3 75 Reviewed by Russell Warren Howe Guest scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center,...

West Africa's Dollar Woes (February 1972)

A REGION IN CRISIS West Africa's Dollar Woes BY RUSSELL WARREN HOWE Accra America's economic sneeze is causing West African flu Almost everywhere, the political future is overhung with portents...

Correspondents' Correspondence (January 1972)

Correspondents' Correspondence BRIEF TAKEOUTS OF MORE THAN PERSONAL INTEREST FROM LETTERS AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED BY THE EDITORS. An African Munich? Salisbury - Sir Alec Douglas-Home...

China Bids for Africa (November 1971)

A SUITOR AMID CHAPERONS China Bids for Africa BY RUSSELL WARREN HOWE Rabat Despite the fact that its natural resources are possibly the world's richest, Africa remains a commercial and??leaving...

Behind the Settler Curtain (October 1971)

Behind the Settler Curtain Modernizing Racial Domination: The Dynamics of South African Politics By Heitbeit Adam California 203 pp $8 00 Reviewed by Russell Warren Howe Africa bureau...

Malaise in the Maghreb (August 1971)

AFTER MOROCCO'S ABORTIVE COUP Malaise in the Maghreb BY RUSSELL WARREN HOWE ALGIERS ALTHOUGH Libya's "defection" from the Maghreb?Berber northwest Africa?nearly two years ago reemphasized this...

Showdown in Southern Africa (February 1966)

SEQUEL TO RHODESIAN SANCTIONS Showdown in Southern Africa By Russell Warren Howe London Harold Wilson's management of the crisis in Rhodesia, assailed from many quarters as too cautious,...

The Second Revolution (July 1964)

DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA The Second Revolution By Russell Warren Howe Dakar Africa's serious press has suddenly discovered, with passion, excitement and indignation, the need for democracy....

Chou's African Odyssey (March 1964)

PICKING UP POINTS Chou's African Odyssey By Russell Warren Howe Dakar Chou En-lai, the Chinese Premier, and his Foreign Minister, Marshal Chen-yi, won a mixed reception during the...

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