June 2017 Issue Adrian Weale ‘A Wilderness of Wreckage’ The Forgotten Flight: Terrorism, Diplomacy and the Pursuit of Justice By Stuart H Newberger LR
July 2011 Issue Patrick Marnham The Horror Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa By Jason K Stearns LR
May 2014 Issue Patrick Marnham Road to Nowhere Congo: The Epic History of a People By David Van Reybrouck (Translated by Sam Garrett) Stringer: A Reporter’s Journey in the Congo By Anjan Sundaram LR
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