Published by The Mail on Sunday (8th July, 2018) I drove past tavernas filled with tourists looking out over fishing boats bobbing on the blue sea, then down […]
Aid / Turkey / World
Human rights, hypocrisy and a humanitarian summit
Published by The ipaper (23rd March, 2016) Four years ago United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon announced his idea for a giant summit to discuss the stumbling response systems […]
Aid / Economics / Europe / Immigration / Policy / Politics
The inconvenient truth about migrants
Published by The Independent (10th August, 2015) Halima was from Yarmouk, a suburb of Damascus besieged by both Syrian government and Islamic State forces. She was travelling with […]
Africa / Aid / Europe / Feature / Immigration / Libya / Policy
Voyage of the damned
Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th July, 2015) Shortly after breakfast I spotted a blob on the horizon across the sparkling Mediterranean sea. Within minutes came confirmation: […]
Economics
The bloated charity sector can’t always be trusted with your money
Published by The Daily Telegraph (16th July, 2015) Among current topics of debate in Kenya is whether the country should push through a proposed ban on imports of […]
Europe / Greece / Immigration / Policy
The political response to Europe’s migration crisis has been shameful
Published by The Independent (22nd June, 2015) A few days ago I was sitting in Athens with an official from Médecins Sans Frontières discussing the migration crisis confronting […]
Europe / European Union / Greece
A country that is dying to leave the euro
Published by The Mail on Sunday (14th June, 2015) How does a nation die? This week, in the beleaguered hospitals of Athens, I saw a glimpse of the […]
Africa / Aid / Liberia
The aid industry endorses human rights abuses, fuels corruption and missed the Ebola crisis
Published by The Independent (3rd November, 2014) First came a report revealing terrible human rights abuses from a repressive regime backed by huge sums of British aid. A […]
Africa / Aid / Liberia
Our shameful response to the ebola crisis
Published by The Independent (20th October, 2014) I relaxed again this weekend. It was 21 days since I returned from Liberia to report on the human tragedy of […]
Africa / Liberia
A lethal epidemic and a lethargic global response
Published by The Independent (4th October, 2014) Augustin was agitated and scared. After weeks spent hiding in his house with his wife and children, he had left the […]
Africa / Health / Liberia
Bonfire of the ebola victims
Published by The Mail on Sunday (28th September, 2014) As I walked into the walled Hindu-style cremation site outside Monrovia alongside the latest consignment of bodies, I saw […]
Aid
Aid corporations dressed in clothing of compassion
Published in The Guardian (8th July, 2014) The president of South Sudan warns that his nation faces terrible famine, with more than a million people fleeing their homes […]