Published by The Sun (11th June, 2018) Paul Kagame is one of the world’s most ruthless dictators. He runs a nasty one-party state in Rwanda that crushes dissent […]
Africa / Aid / Rwanda
Deal that makes a mockery of fair play
Published by The Mail on Sunday (27th May, 2018) After a decade writing about the aid industry, I thought I had seen it all with the daft projects, […]
Africa / Rwanda
Rwanda deserves to be condemned as much as Russia
Published by The Times (14th March, 2018) After a hard week working as a mental health nurse manager, Noble Marara was relaxing at home with his family when […]
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 / Aid / Rwanda
Why does Rwanda still get British aid?
Published by The Times (31st August, 2017) Diane Rwigara is a brave woman. Her industrialist father died in what she believes was a politically inspired car crash. Yet […]
Africa / Liberia / Technology / United States / World
Trump is debasing democracy the world over
Published by CapX (27th July, 2017) When I was in Liberia three years ago covering the ebola epidemic, I was amazed to discover the depth of antipathy many […]
Africa / Aid / Rwanda
‘Donor darling’ despot falsifies poverty numbers and sends hitmen to Britain
Published by The Mail on Sunday (23rd July, 2017) Emmanuel Gasakure could have enjoyed a comfortable life as a cardiologist in France. But when his native Rwanda was […]
Africa / Aid / Disability / Health / Policy / Rwanda / South Sudan / Technology
Print your own body parts
Published by Mosaic Science, The Observer & The Atlantic (19th February, 2017) John Nhial was barely a teenager when he was grabbed by a Sudanese guerrilla army and […]
Aid / Politics
The dirty dozen
Published by The Daily Mail (15th April 2016) Britain’s foreign aid budget keeps rising. Currently at £12 billion a year, it is due to soar during David Cameron’s two […]
Africa / Rwanda / South Africa
Assassins linked to Kagame regime
Published by The Independent (30th August, 2014) Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa had only been in South Africa for a few months when, returning home from a shopping trip with […]
Iraq / Politics
Tony Blair has moved beyond parody
Published by The Independent (16th June, 2014) Please forgive me. I know we should ignore his latest attention-seeking outburst, like a kind parent might turn their back on […]