Over the weekend, I undertook one of the most bizarre journeys imaginable, flying from Nairobi to Mogadishu and then onto the paradise island of Zanzibar. We went on a trip with the UNHCR to cover a story about a group of refugees who fled paradise only to end up living in one of the most [...]
Jul 10, 2012 | Categories: News Reports, Video | Tags: East Africa, Mogadishu, refugees, Somalia, Tanzania, UNHCR, Zanzibar | Leave A Comment »
This photo was taken in Pemba, one of the islands that make up the Zanzibar Archipelago. Usually people come here to relax and scuba dive. But I’m here with the UNHCR to cover a bizarre story about a group of refugees who fled 11 years ago, what many people perceive as paradise only to end [...]
Jul 08, 2012 | Categories: Travel | Tags: refugees, Tanzania, UNHCR, Zanzibar | Leave A Comment »
I’ve been traveling around the world’s youngest country for the last few days with my colleague, James Copnall. We’ve come out to gather material for television and radio on how South Sudan is coping since it became independent. Today we hitched a ride with the UN up to Bunj, in the Upper Nile region, to [...]
Dec 08, 2011 | Categories: Humanitarian | Tags: Bunj, refugees, south sudan | Leave A Comment »
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