Michela Wrong


Michela Wrong is the author of nonfiction books on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, and Kenya. Her novel “Borderlines,” published by Fourth Estate in Britain, comes out in paperback in June 2016.
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AMARA, ERITREA:  Eritrean children play 07 June 1991 on an Ethiopian army tank. The roadside was destroyed by Eritrean Liberation Front (EPLF) rebels in the battle for Amara, the capital city of Eritrea, that fell 20 May to EPLF rebels after 17 years of war. (Photo credit should read )
AMARA, ERITREA: Eritrean children play 07 June 1991 on an Ethiopian army tank. The roadside was destroyed by Eritrean Liberation Front (EPLF) rebels in the battle for Amara, the capital city of Eritrea, that fell 20 May to EPLF rebels after 17 years of war. (Photo credit should read )
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Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: (FILES) This file picture taken 29 June 2006, five kilometers south of the town of Bunia, Ituri District, about 3,000km east of the capital KinshasaA young militia fighter waiting to hand over bullets at a United Nations disarmament point. Delegates from 20 African countries gather in Kinshasa from 12 to 14 June 2007 for a UN conference on the reintegration and disarmament of former combatants in the world's poorest and most violence-wracked region. AFP PHOTO/FILES/STUART PRICE (Photo credit should read STUART PRICE/AFP/Getty Images)
Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: (FILES) This file picture taken 29 June 2006, five kilometers south of the town of Bunia, Ituri District, about 3,000km east of the capital KinshasaA young militia fighter waiting to hand over bullets at a United Nations disarmament point. Delegates from 20 African countries gather in Kinshasa from 12 to 14 June 2007 for a UN conference on the reintegration and disarmament of former combatants in the world's poorest and most violence-wracked region. AFP PHOTO/FILES/STUART PRICE (Photo credit should read STUART PRICE/AFP/Getty Images)
An Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) official carries closed ballot boxes to be counted in Mombasa on March 5, 2013. Kenyans nervously eyed results today, trickling in a day after they turned out peacefully en masse for critical presidential elections, the first since disputed polls five years ago triggered election violence. AFP PHOTO/Ivan Lieman        (Photo credit should read Ivan Lieman/AFP/Getty Images)
An Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) official carries closed ballot boxes to be counted in Mombasa on March 5, 2013. Kenyans nervously eyed results today, trickling in a day after they turned out peacefully en masse for critical presidential elections, the first since disputed polls five years ago triggered election violence. AFP PHOTO/Ivan Lieman (Photo credit should read Ivan Lieman/AFP/Getty Images)

Fool’s Errand

BERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 22:  A vintage Monarch typewriter sits for sale on July 22, 2014 at the Arndt Hans Joachim Bueromaschinen office supply store in Berlin, Germany. Patrick Sensburg, the head of the German inquiry into the United States National Security Agency (NSA) spying scandal in which the U.S. agency is accused of having eavesdropped on German Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone, told reporters that the investigation committee is considering using old-fashioned, non-electronic typewriters when producing sensitive documents in order to avoid leaks in the ongoing affair. The Russian government reportedly used such machines to protect information when news of the spying originally broke, and a spokesman for typewriter manufacturer Olympia said that the company expects to sell more typewriters this year than at any time in the past two decades, expecting its sales to double in 2014 over those of the previous year. The German defense contractor Diehl claims to already use the mechanical machines for sensitive matters.  (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images)
BERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 22: A vintage Monarch typewriter sits for sale on July 22, 2014 at the Arndt Hans Joachim Bueromaschinen office supply store in Berlin, Germany. Patrick Sensburg, the head of the German inquiry into the United States National Security Agency (NSA) spying scandal in which the U.S. agency is accused of having eavesdropped on German Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone, told reporters that the investigation committee is considering using old-fashioned, non-electronic typewriters when producing sensitive documents in order to avoid leaks in the ongoing affair. The Russian government reportedly used such machines to protect information when news of the spying originally broke, and a spokesman for typewriter manufacturer Olympia said that the company expects to sell more typewriters this year than at any time in the past two decades, expecting its sales to double in 2014 over those of the previous year. The German defense contractor Diehl claims to already use the mechanical machines for sensitive matters. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images)
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