Published by The i paper (9th March, 2025) Sir Keir Starmer has had a good few days, displaying adroitness as he sought to navigate an upended global order in […]
Africa / Politics / Rwanda
Sunak’s demeaning promotion of a bloodstained despot
Published by The i paper (24th April, 2024) The wily Rwandan leader Paul Kagame has shown great skill at fooling gullible Western politicians into supporting his dictatorship, whether […]
Africa / Immigration / Policy / Rwanda
Ruling on Rwanda is a win for decency
Published by The i paper (30th June, 2023) What a fine start to the day. First came a forceful report from the Conservative-dominated Privileges Committee condemning the Boris […]
Africa / Immigration / Policy / Politics / Rwanda
The prince is as hypocritical as the PM
Published by The i paper (13th June, 2022) Prince Charles is right: the Government’s plan to send people seeking asylum to Rwanda is “appalling”. It is a callous, […]
Africa / Rwanda
Truss urged to block diplomat over kidnap of Hotel Rwanda hero
Published by The Mail on Sunday (12th December, 2021) Foreign secretary Liz Truss is being urged to block the appointment of Rwanda’s top diplomat in London over his central […]
Africa / Politics / Rwanda
Andrew Mitchell’s friends in Rwanda
Published by UnHerd (6th December, 2021) Earlier this year, Baroness Kennedy was contacted by the two daughters of Paul Rusesabagina — human rights campaigner, winner of the US […]
Africa / Rwanda / Technology
National newspaper gives a pulpit to a bloodstained dictator
Published by UnHerd (3rd March, 2021) The Rwandan president Paul Kagame is a master at playing Westerners for adulation and aid money. As I wrote here last week, […]
Africa / Rwanda
The dictator who fooled us
Published by UnHerd (23rd February, 2021) Paul Rusesabagina was a humble hotel manager when he became a hero amid the horrors of genocide, saving 1,268 people from machete-wielding […]
Africa / Aid / Rwanda
Deal is an own goal
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, […]