A recent eye catching article in the Independent featuring Simiens Lodge (hosting Africa’s highest bar) and Lake Tana also described Ethiopia’s stunning wildlife, including pink…
Turkey and Somalia A recent visit to the stunning, sprawling behemoth that is Istanbul made me appreciate the reach of Turkish Airlines. The national carrier…
Thanks to demand from China – Mongolia’s coal prices enjoyed a spectacular appreciation in value in 2016 and 2017, the price of coal from the…
Returning from a fascinating week in Kiev I felt something missing from my visit, so obvious in other nearby countries but in Ukraine I did…
Cities in emerging economies face massive huge hurdles in the struggle to reach their full potential. Perhaps the central problem many face is successfully absorbing…
China faces an unprecedented water crisis; years of overuse, unchecked industrial pollution and urbanisation have pushed its rivers, lakes, wetlands and streams to breaking point,…
Three years ago the Chinese Government launched a new document entitled “Central Document Number 12″ with the subtitle “Opinions of the Central Committee of the…
Anyone who has gone windsurfing in Essaouria or has felt the sun on their back while trekking through the Moroccan Sahara will understand why the…
Anyone walking around outside in Beijing or indeed most major Chinese cities would probably laugh at the suggestion that China could be providing leadership in…
When I first visited India fifteen years ago, solar panels were rare, their use largely limited to the farsighted NGOs I met with who typically…