Published by The Spectator (27th July, 2024) Autocracy, Inc – The Dictators Who Want To Run The World (Allen Lane) After staging a failed coup and going to […]
Africa / Zimbabwe
Despot who destroyed a nation
Published by The Daily Mail (7th September, 2019) Back in 2009, a diplomatic delegation arrived in Harare to see President Robert Mugabe. They found the despot, in his […]
Africa / Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s hope is devoured by the Crocodile
Published by The Times (22nd August, 2019) A friend of mine went to the supermarket near her home in Harare at the weekend and bought six cartons of […]
Venezuela / World
Did Socialism really destroy Venezuela?
Published by The i paper (28th January, 2019) When I visited Venezuela three decades ago, it was the envy of Latin America with its stable democracy and oil-based […]
Africa / Zimbabwe
The cunning crocodile who may devour Zimbabwe’s new dawn
Published by The Mail on Sunday (29th July, 2018) Tomorrow marks a landmark in the cruel history of Zimbabwe: the first election since independence in 1980 without Robert […]
Africa / Ethiopia / South Africa / Zimbabwe
Winds of change blowing across Africa
Published by The ipaper (19th February, 2018) Nelson Mandela and Jacob Zuma share some things in common. Both were key figures in the anti-apartheid struggle with the African […]
Africa / Zimbabwe
The Crocodile shows his teeth
Published by The i paper (20th November, 2017) So farewell then, Robert Mugabe. The situation in Zimbabwe remains fluid after the carefully planned coup that claims not to […]
Africa / Zimbabwe
Will Mugabe’s hated wife be the tyrant’s downfall?
Published by The Daily Mail (15th November, 2017) With tanks on the streets of Zimbabwe and enemies at the gates of his plush mansion, are we witnessing the […]
Africa / Ethiopia / Zimbabwe
The backlash over Mugabe was hypocrisy
Published by The Times (24th October, 2017) Robert Mugabe has held Zimbabwe in his vice-like grip for 37 years while his obnoxious one-party regime stole elections, crushed rivals, […]
Africa / Aid / Zambia
Revealed: foreign aid fat cats soak up £17m in fees – on £25m pump project
Published by The Mail on Sunday (22nd January, 2017) More than two-thirds of £25.4 million spent on a foreign aid scheme to install wells, water pumps and irrigation […]