Disorder, dereliction…and decency
Published in The Observer (January 29th, 2012) Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria by Noo Saro-Wira (Granta) Nigeria does not... Read Full Article
Resist pessimism – keep faith with the Arab Spring
Published in the London Evening Standard (January 3rd, 2012) Just under a year ago, I travelled around Libya posing as... Read Full Article
We should not fear a Muslim Brotherhood win
Published in The Independent (November 29th, 2011) The resurgence of Egypt’s revolution has overshadowed the start of the country’s convoluted... Read Full Article
Does democracy stand a chance?
Published in the Daily Mail (November 28th, 2011) As I entered Tahrir Square in Cairo one night last week, a ... Read Full Article
The African Canute
Published in the Daily Mail (November 11th, 2011) Last weekend, it was hard to think of anywhere in the world... Read Full Article
MI6 role in Libyan rebels’ rendition ‘helped to strengthen al-Qaida’
Published in The Guardian (October 25th) British intelligence believes the capture and rendition of two top Libyan rebel commanders, carried... Read Full Article
The strange and evil world of Equatorial Guinea
Published in The Observer magazine (October 23rd, 2011) It is hard not to be impressed when you arrive in the... Read Full Article
The pariah who tried to sink the QE2 – then fooled Blair and the West
Published in the Daily Mail (October 21st, 2011) Britain’s most famous cruise ship, Queen Elizabeth 2, set sail from Southampton... Read Full Article
A good news story out of Africa brings hope
Published in The Observer (September 25th, 2011) Even in this remarkable year of uprisings and unpredictable events, it was an... Read Full Article
How Labour secretly put Libyan dissidents under house arrest at Gaddafi’s behest following Blair’s ‘deal in the desert’
Published in The Mail on Sunday (September 11th, 2011) Labour used controversial control orders to put Libyan dissidents in Britain... Read Full Article