Published in the Daily Mail (November 11th, 2011) Last weekend, it was hard to think of anywhere in the world where the scenery could have been more beautiful […]
Africa / Zambia
A good news story out of Africa brings hope
Published in The Observer (September 25th, 2011) Even in this remarkable year of uprisings and unpredictable events, it was an inspirational moment that revealed the pace of change […]
Africa / Aid / Somaliland
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, new four-wheel drive cars fought for space with […]
Africa / Equatorial Guinea
Africa’s despots fear the gales will blow south
Published in The Times (March 11th, 2011) Juan Pedro Mendene was midway through his weekly radio programme, ironically called Total Relaxation, when the live broadcast was interrupted by his […]
Africa / Egypt
The flowering of democracy, or the birth of another Iran?
Published in The Mail on Sunday (January 30th, 2011) For the fifth day in a row, Egypt was consumed with rage, fear and hope yesterday. The streets of […]
Africa / Tunisia
Why a fruit and veg seller could unleash wave of revolutions
Published in the Mail on Sunday (January 16th, 2011) It all began with the despair of one man, a young graduate unable to get a job, like so […]
Afghanistan / World
False hopes and phoney democracy
Published in The Independent (July 15th, 2009) And so the charade begins once again. A state ripped apart by war, poverty and corruption promises to hold elections, and […]
Africa / Aid / General
The other side of modern Africa
Published in The Independent (December 7th, 2008) The disintegration of Zimbabwe continues. The killing goes on in Congo and Darfur. And Aids continues to devastate the lives of […]