Nic Dawes

Writer/Commentator

Nic Dawes is a writer and commentator on Africa and the developing world. He is a former deputy executive director of Human Rights Watch and was editor of South Africa's Mail & Guardian.

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Bloomberg Opinion

East Africa Is Backsliding Dangerously

The U.S. is enabling and ignoring the democratic retrenchment along the continent’s Indian Ocean coast.

December 4, 2020

December 4, 2020

OpinionNic Dawes

East Africa Is Backsliding Dangerously

The U.S. is enabling and ignoring the democratic retrenchment along the continent’s Indian Ocean coast.

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November 20, 2020

November 20, 2020

OpinionNic Dawes

G-20 Must Begin the Next Chapter in Multilateralism

The cure for pandemic-ravaged economies lies in a commitment to debt-relief and spending.

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