Published in The Independent (September 24th, 2013) For two years, Kenyans have been bracing themselves for the barbarism we have just witnessed in Nairobi. Ever since their army […]
Africa / Egypt
Feeble leader who lit the fuse for massacre
Published in The Daily Mail (August 15th, 2013) What’s happened since the Arab Spring? Those heady days of early 2011 feel a long way off now. After the […]
Africa / Aid / Immigration / Nigeria / Policy / Politics
Britain’s pathetic response to the rise of a global power
Published in The Guardian (August 9th, 2013) Despite their military name, it is hard to see how an eight-strong delegation from Nigeria’s branch of the Boys’ Brigade posed […]
Africa / Ethiopia / Technology
Support journalists, not countries that jail them
Published in The Guardian (August 5th, 2013) ‘I am jailed, with around 200 other inmates, in a wide hall that looks like a warehouse. For all of us, […]
Africa / Zimbabwe
The MDC walked like zombies into Mugabe’s trap
Published in The Independent on Sunday (August 4th, 2013) The streets of Harare were largely empty yesterday as a nervous nation digested its official election result and awaited […]
Africa / Zimbabwe
Fear and optimism as Zimbabwe faces another rigged election
Published in The Independent (July 30th, 2013) As I sat in Zimbabwe’s national art gallery talking to Jessie Majome, one of the smartest young politicians in the country, […]
Africa / Zimbabwe
A step into the unknown
Published in the New Statesman (July 26th, 2013) As I left one veteran activist’s home in Harare after an evening discussing the forthcoming election, I pointed at the green water […]
Africa / Zimbabwe
The crocodile, a £7bn will, and a fast food war – the bizarre backdrop to a crucial vote
Published in The Mail on Sunday (July 21st, 2013) As the warm winter sun beat down, newspaper editors and businessmen dined on crispy chicken and fat steaks cooked […]
Africa / Zimbabwe
Secret dossier proves Mugabe stealing election
Published in The Mail on Sunday (July 21st, 2013) Damning top-secret intelligence documents that expose Robert Mugabe’s plans to rig the forthcoming election in Zimbabwe and crush his […]
Africa / Egypt / Politics
Some protests suit Blair more than others
Published in The Independent (July 9th, 2013) There was always something Tiggerish about Tony Blair, with that irrepressible ability to overcome setbacks unabashed and bounce back unconstrained by […]