Wrote this for Telegraph Global Health Security Thousands of children in Gaza are losing limbs, and those working in the few remaining hospitals have never seen so many amputees. An appalling crisis made worse by lack of prosthetic limbs and wheelchairs Humanity & Inclusion UK MSF UK Press Office MSF UK Medical Aid for Palestinians

A privilege to speak at the launch of this Transaid FIA Foundation report in Nairobi today. Motorcycle use has soared across Africa in last decade as cities expand, and with that has come a catastrophic fatality rate. Great to meet dedicated people dedicated to making journeys safer

Long-read dispatch for Telegraph Global Health Security from Zimbabwe's mega-churches where self-styled prophets have acquired obscene wealth by promising riches and miraculous cures for their 30,000-strong Sunday morning congregation and global social media audiences telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

This is a superb read from ⁦Tom Parry⁩ about a phenomenon that has gripped large parts of Africa. He risked his neck to get it, so please share… ⬇️⬇️⬇️

The ‘spiritual Ponzi schemes’ bringing exponential wealth to African prophets telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

If I may, there’s something I need to get off my chest.

As democracy remains under siege, it has been frustrating to watch how the press covers politics these days.

I am reminded by lessons that came to me during the Nixon years as a CBS News correspondent, which I’ll add here:…

Enjoyed the displays of gloriously unsubtle newspaper bill posters while driving around Harare for a few days. Personal favourites: 'Yeu's hubby caught laughing at her burial', 'Relentless wars nuke opposition' and, intriguingly, 'Zim gets 2,000 tractors from Belarus'

Latest long read for law.com Some candid comments from legal recruiters indicating law firms' professed ethical and social conscience is sometimes more than mere virtue-signalling to attract brightest young talent law.com/international-…

Just before Donald J. Trump announced he would stand again late 2022, I visited the Trump Train and Trump Town in Virginia. Met pleasant people convinced the election had been stolen, and that Trump, like them, is victim of state persecution. Conspiracies normalised #IowaCaucus

Given his unimpeachable moral integrity and conviction, you would have to hope that Alan Bates would turn down an honour again, especially as so many people connected to the Post Office scandal still retain theirs, regardless of Paula Vennells’ decision #PostOffceScandal

I spent some time in the Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah to observe how children with cleft lips and palates are receiving vital operations from local surgeons trained by the UK-based CLEFT, saving them from malnutrition. My piece for Telegraph Global Health Security
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Dispatch from Ethiopia for Telegraph Global Health Security In 2022 about 14m children missed out on lifesaving immunisation. Mothers whose kids died from measles admirably walk hours across desert so their siblings can be vaccinated through new project using solar power telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

My dispatch from the Somali region of Ethiopia for Telegraph Global Health Security where 1.2m children are not vaccinated against preventable diseases. Missing a measles jab can be a death sentence. A new initiative should save hundreds of young lives Simon Townsley
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How sceptical mums accepted the vital need to vaccinate their children in new initiative to save countless lives. Beautiful words by ⁦Tom Parry⁩ and 17 stunning ⁦Simon Townsley⁩ pictures ⁦Telegraph Global Health Security⁩ ⁦Save the Children UK⁩ @gsk ⁦ telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

After his set WOMAD UK in 2017 we hung around in the hope of meeting #BenjaminZephaniah to sign my son's book. He came over, despite others waiting, and stopped to chat, mostly about our mutual interest in Aston Villa What a compassionate man he was #RIPBenjaminZephaniah

My dispatch from the Somali region of Ethiopia for Telegraph Global Health Security where 1.2m children are unvaccinated against easily preventable diseases. I met mothers whose kids died from illnesses like measles and pneumonia. Youth immunisation worldwide down 30%
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Can’t remember many better nights at Villa Park over the last 40-odd years.

This really doesn’t do justice to his genius. Few songwriters have come close to the evocative and cinematic imagery of his best songs, like Thousands Are Sailing. One of the all-time great frontmen too. So glad I caught The Pogues live when Shane was still fiery #RIPShaneMcGowan

Visited bullet-riddled former HQ of Saddam’s secret police in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, in which enemies were tortured. Now a museum, recently updated with a display to commemorate the defeat of Islamic State. Cardboard cut-out of Jihadi John and a terrorist's knife among the exhibits.

My experience from frequently talking to homeless people in tents was that very small proportion might have made a 'lifestyle choice'. This man hated it, but had no other option. As with the refugees, it's a nuanced subject which Suella Braverman MP has turned into easy wedge issue.

Billboard for new movie ‘The Journalist’ in Addis Ababa. Looks considerably more exciting than the reality.