Published by CapX (24th February, 2017) Fine words flowed at birth of the world’s newest nation six years ago. Britain spoke of ‘a moment of hope and optimism […]
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 […]
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 […]
Africa / Arts / Books
A truly monstrous regiment
Published by The Spectator (31st December, 2016) When The Walking Defeats You: One Man’s Journey as Joseph Kony’s Bodyguard by Ledio Cakaj (Zed) When George Omona first saw […]
Africa / Aid / Politics / Somalia
Revealed: How Britain pours £568m into war-torn Somalia despite ‘certain’ risk it will be stolen and used to fund terrorism
Published by The Mail on Sunday (4th December, 2016) The Government is pumping more than half a billion pounds of aid into war-torn Somalia – despite accepting there […]
Africa / Aid
Gap year volunteers can do more harm than good
Published by the ipaper (29th August, 2016) It’s that time of year: the results are in, the desired grades have been achieved and plans for the pre-university gap […]
Africa / Zimbabwe
How can Britain justify propping up Mugabe?
Published by The Daily Telegraph (12th August, 2016) First the price of mobile data went up drastically overnight. Then it emerged Zimbabwe’s government is preparing a law to […]
Africa / Zimbabwe
Why is Britain shoring up Mugabe’s brutal regime?
Published by The i paper (25th July, 2016) After almost four decades in power, Robert Mugabe’s vice-like grip on Zimbabwe seems to be slipping. There have been public […]
Africa / Aid
Fishy tale of British aid and French military boats
Published by The Mail on Sunday (1st May, 2016) Britain has suspended aid to Mozambique, one of the world’s poorest nations, after secret loans meant to fund a […]
Africa / Aid / Technology
Lunacy! What planet are they on?
Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th April, 2016) African nations that have received billions of pounds in British aid to combat poverty and starvation are spending vast […]
Africa / Aid / Ethiopia
We train forces who kidnapped Ethiopia’s ‘Mandela’
Published by The Mail on Sunday (10th April, 2016) Britain is giving more than a million pounds to train Ethiopia’s security forces – even though the country’s repressive […]