Equatorial Guinea: A Country of Contrasts
I’ve been in Equatorial Guinea, covering the first leg of the African Cup on Nations football tournament. We divided our time between Bata, the second largest city, where the opening match was played, and Malabo, the country’s capital on Bioko island. The trip has illustrated the importance sport can play in unifying a nation and [...]
Postcard from Tripoli: Final Thoughts
This is a photo of the theatre at Leptis Magna, one of Libya’s many undiscovered gems. My three week trip to the country with my colleagues, correspondent Mark Lowen, and shoot edit Ian Druce has come to an end. It coincided with a quiet time on the news front so we spent most of the [...]
The Key Challenge Facing Libya in 2012
One of the stories we have been working in Libya, about the key challenge facing the country in the post Gaddafi era, went out on the BBC today. It focuses on the need to disarm the various militia that toppled the old regime and persuade them to integrate into a new national security force. If [...]
Tripoli Zoo Still Facing An Uncertain Future
Libya is slowly returning to normal after the uprising that overthrew Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. One of the sites grinding back into action is Tripoli Zoo, which is hoping to re-open to the public in a few months time. But the battle is not over yet. Funding from international charities to feed the hundreds of birds [...]
Libya Celebrates 60 Years of Independence
A few photos I took during celebrations in Tripoli, to mark 60 years since Libya gained it’s independence. It was the first time the 24th of December was marked in more than 40 years. During Muammar Gaddafi’s rule, the importance of the day was not recognized and only the 1969 date of his coup was [...]
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