Most of the projects I have been working on are investigations : the involvement of Russian strategists in the presidential election in Madagascar, the rising number of Iranian refugees in the Netherland converting to Christianity, the role of the Kurds in the fight against ISIS or the donations of Russian oligarch Roman Abramovitch to a settler organisation in Israel. I have mainly worked for the BBC World Service but also for Channel 4 and Vice.
A BBC Africa Eye investigation has revealed that at least six candidates were offered money by Russians in the lead up to last year’s presidential elections in Madagascar.
The presence of Russian political strategists with close ties to the Kremlin, posing as tourists with the alleged aim of helping to control the tightly fought race, has raised questions whether democracy in the former French colony has been fatally compromised.
An investigation by BBC News Arabic into Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, who controls companies that have donated $100m to Elad, a settler organisation operating in occupied East Jerusalem.
In the Netherlands and across Europe, thousands of Iranian refugees are converting to Christianity. Are these converts 'born-again Christians' or simply praying for asylum?
Rojava - is a Kurdish run-region in northern Syria that emerged out of the chaos of the civil war. It's the closest Syrian Kurds have had to having their own state. Whilst they were fighting so called Islamic State, they had the backing of the Americans. But now IS has been all but defeated, Turkey - terrified of Kurdish nationalism within its own borders has gone on the attack. Can the Kurdish dream survive?
Amid a backdrop of rising nationalism, police violence, and social tensions in France, some young French Africans are turning to the continent in search of, what they say, is a better life.
Kenya has a real version of the spy James Bond, and her name is Jane. Detective Jane Mugo is the country’s most famous and controversial private investigator. She says she’s solved hundreds of crimes, but some say she writes her own rules. This is the inside story of the woman they call Kenya’s 'Spy Queen.'
In 2007 the BBC film Bulgaria's Abandoned Children exposed tragic levels of neglect in Mogilino Social Care Home, an institute for mentally and physically disabled young people. Since then, more than a quarter of a billion euros has been given by the EU to Bulgaria to replace the country's institutes with smaller family-like Group Homes. Filmmaker Kate Blewett returns to Bulgaria to find out what's happened to the children she met in Mogilino and reveals the reality of life for children in some of the new Group Homes. A member of staff in one of the homes said, "The world must see what is happening."
Not long ago, Brazil symbolised a brave new world. With an ambitious government and blessed with natural resources and new found markets, many believed that Brazil was set to be one of the most successful countries of the twenty first century. It hasn't turned out like that. Extraordinary corruption, an economic downturn, shocking rates of murder and widespread protests on the streets have led to a series of political crises which have seen governments thrown out and political leaders jailed. A divisive election campaign overshadowed by fake news and violence has led to the victory of the far right candidate, Jair Bolsonaro, controversial for his views on homosexuality, race, women, police shootings and the military. As he prepares to be sworn in to office, this three part documentary series explores the crisis years of 2013-2018 in Brazil, and speaks to many of the main players involved.
Kim Leadbeater MP investigates threats and abuse faced by MPs. With polarised politics, and social media making it easier to target politicians, is enough being done to protect them?
The Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone lasted 18 months and killed nearly 4,000 people. More than 4,000 others who were infected survived. The country was declared free of the disease in November but, despite joy at that declaration, thousands of survivors now face a bleak future after losing loved ones, livelihoods and their health. Many are suffering serious after effects, and are shunned by traumatised neighbours. The BBC's global health correspondent Tulip Mazumdar went to meet them.
