Foreign aid blights rather than builds a nation
Published by The Times (5th July, 2023) Somalia is a shattered country associated with chaos, conflict and piracy, host to... Read Full Article
Somaliland
The tragedy of Syria: how protest spiralled into savagery
Published by The Spectator (26th April, 2018) Two Sisters: Into the Syrian Jihad by Asne Seierstad (Virago); No Turning Back: Life, Loss... 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
Frightened by foreign bodies
Published in The Observer (14th April, 2013) The British Dream by David Goodhart (Atlantic); The Diversity Illusion by Ed West... 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 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