North Korea is treated like a joke – but the realities are deadly serious
Published in The Guardian (October 29th, 2013) Kim Song-ju sought to escape the living hell of North Korea, but after... Read Full Article
Kenya
A conflict crying out for more attention – and less violence
Published in The Independent (October 1st, 2013) The murder of Saturday lunchtime shoppers in a Nairobi shopping centre grabbed global... Read Full Article
Myths, murder and militancy
Published in The Independent (September 24th, 2013) For two years, Kenyans have been bracing themselves for the barbarism we have... Read Full Article
Hideous hypocrisy of the charity fat cats
Published in The Daily Mail (August 7th, 2013) Our overseas aid charities work hard to persuade people to hand over... 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
Media short-changes the poor with soft-soap aid coverage
Published in The Guardian (17th March, 2013) For several weeks, BBC television seems to have been dominated by build-up to Friday’s... Read Full Article
Aid groups have blinded Britain to the realities of Africa
Published in The Independent (January 9th, 2013) Recep Erdogan, the astute prime minister of Turkey, is on a tour of... 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
The other Barack: Bigamist, drunk and wife-beater
Published in the Daily Mail (August 12th, 2011) The Other Barack by Sally H. Jacobs (Public Affairs) Shortly after being... Read Full Article