Notice the byline. Propaganda piece
I have been a journalist, foreign correspondent, writer and editor for more than 40 years.From the screedwriter’s LinkedIn page. Self-explanatory.
I ran Reuters East Africa bureau during the wild 1990s and was Africa correspondent for The Times of London from 2002-14. From the field, I reported on the ill-fated US intervention in Somalia (Black Hawk Down), the 1994 Rwandan genocide, the ‘Blood Diamond’ wars in Sierra Leone and Liberia, the Balkan civil wars, and Nelson Mandela’s liberation in post-apartheid South Africa and figured in several books concerning those events.
More recentIy, I reported on the 2015 refugee influx into Europe and directed coverage of the first-ever team of refugees to compete in the Rio Olympics in 2016 on behalf of the UN Refugee Agency.
I was founding Editor in Chief of the award-winning humanitarian information service, the New Humanitarian and recently set up a new reporting network focusing on emerging Jihadist and other threats to Africa. I also advise several private sector companies, think tanks, NGOs and UN organizations on their media strategies.
I am a passionate environmentalist and involved in several conservation projects around the world.