Warped priorities
Published in The Daily Mail (September 27th, 2012) At home, the talk is all about austerity. One half of the... Read Full Article
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Snouts in the aid trough
First published in The Daily Mail (September 18th, 2012) Three miles from the centre of Nairobi, the bustling capital of... Read Full Article
Our image of Africa is hopelessly obsolete
Published in The Observer (26th August, 2012) Think of Ethiopia and what do you see. Perhaps a starving child, flies in... Read Full Article
African village where every household is getting £7,500 from British taxpayers spent on them
Published in The Daily Mail (June 30th, 2012) As I drew up in the bustling village after a long journey,... Read Full Article
Bob Geldof’s obsession with aid hurt Africa. But now trade is healing the scars
Published in The Independent (May 28th, 2012) I first became aware of Bob Geldof in 1977 when I bought the... Read Full Article
Iceland owes us billions. Why on earth is the EU giving millions of our money in aid?
Published in The Daily Mail (March 8th, 2012) For all its recent problems, Iceland remains a prosperous place. Visiting there... Read Full Article
The aid business has grown fat. It’s time there was proper scrutiny
Published in The Spectator (February 18th, 2012) Such a simple question: should Oxfam spend a couple of hundred pounds a... Read Full Article
Haiti and the shaming of the aid zealots
Published in the Daily Mail (January 27th, 2011) The first thing that strikes you is the smell: a sweet, sickly... Read Full Article
Monster behind genocide and rape squads
Published in the Daily Mail (July 27th, 2011) Women and children – desperately sick and weak after months on the... Read Full Article
The former British colony that shows Africa doesn’t need our millions to flourish
Published in The Mail on Sunday (July 24th, 2011) The Summer Time restaurant was buzzing. On the dusty road outside,... Read Full Article