Secret dossier proves Mugabe stealing election
Published in The Mail on Sunday (July 21st, 2013) Damning top-secret intelligence documents that expose Robert Mugabe’s plans to rig... Read Full Article
Some protests suit Blair more than others
Published in The Independent (July 9th, 2013) There was always something Tiggerish about Tony Blair, with that irrepressible ability to... Read Full Article
This is not about ending world hunger. It is a political stunt
Published in The Independent (June 19th, 2013) The broadcasters fell for it, of course. Those colourful images of a “flotilla”... Read Full Article
Foreign aid: the final insult
Published in The Mail on Sunday (May 26th, 2013) It is hard to think of many more blessed spots on... Read Full Article
When democracy is accused of blood on its hands
Published in The Independent (May 13th, 2013) When the new president of Kenya visited London last week for the summit on... Read Full Article
Africa: the myth and the reality
Published in High Life magazine (16th April, 2013) If you think of Africa, what do you see? Perhaps a pitiful... Read Full Article
The British professor fighting to save Africa’s elephants
Published in The Mail on Sunday (March 24th, 2013) As we set off from our overnight camp in the jungle,... Read Full Article
Save lives Mr Cameron, but don’t imagine you need to save Africa
Published in The Independent (February 2nd, 2013) This week, the Prime Minister went to Africa.Struggling to achieve anything at home... Read Full Article
Discovering Tanzania’s great blue yonder on an island called Mafia (it’s perfectly friendly)
Published in The Daily Mail (February 2nd, 2013) A scrap of raffia roof is propped up by spindly sticks to... Read Full Article
Music is vital to political struggle across Africa – not just in Mali
Published in The Observer (27th January, 2013) At dinner last month after a concert by the Congolese rapper Baloji, I... Read Full Article