Published by The Times (30th December, 2017) Dictatorland: The Men Who Stole Africa by Paul Kenyon (Head of Zeus) I came to this book with enthusiasm. The author […]
Africa / Aid / General
UK aid bankrolls fixer to make profits for Chinese businesses in Africa
Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th December, 2017) Britain is handing aid to an organisation headed by a wealthy Chinese-born businesswoman who seeks to help Chinese manufacturers […]
Africa / Aid / General
Aid groups have blinded Britain to the realities of Africa
Published in The Independent (January 9th, 2013) Recep Erdogan, the astute prime minister of Turkey, is on a tour of Africa. His entourage includes 300 business leaders from […]
Africa / Aid / General
Bob Geldof’s obsession with aid hurt Africa. But now trade is healing the scars
Published in The Independent (May 28th, 2012) I first became aware of Bob Geldof in 1977 when I bought the debut single by The Boomtown Rats. In those […]
Africa / General / Ivory Coast
Gbagbo must go – and so should other African leaders who overstay
Published in The Guardian (April 4th, 2011) The horror stories have been emerging for weeks. Atrocities against children, bodies on the streets, charred corpses in the morgues. There […]
Africa / Aid / General
There has never been a better time to be alive
Published in the London Evening Standard (January 4th, 2011) These are difficult days. Not just because for many people it is the first day back at work, but […]