Lindsey Hilsum
Mitt Romney mentioned it three times in last night’s presidential debate on foreign policy, and Hillary Clinton has floated the idea that terrorists based in northern Mali were involved in killing the US ambassador to Libya last month.
Lindsey Hilsum
A year after Gadaffi’s capture and death, International Editor Lindsey Hilsum looks at the legacy of his rule and the prospects for the country since his demise.
Lindsey Hilsum
As African and European leaders meet to discuss how to cope with the escalating dominance of terrorist groups in Northern Mali – is military intervention the best course of action?
Lindsey Hilsum
A 14-year-old Pakistani girl who received international acclaim after campaigning for girls’ education in her home town, has been shot by the Taliban who said she was “promoting Western culture”.
Lindsey Hilsum
The commentary on the Chinese news agency, Xinhua, is clear. Today’s announcement that the disgraced politician Bo Xilai has been expelled from the Chinese Communist Party “has nothing to do with a so-called ‘political struggle’.”
Lindsey Hilsum
The most memorable image in Mani’s film from Latamneh, blogs Lindsey Hilsum, is that of a boy who has lost so many family members that he momentarily forgets to mention four who have died.
Lindsey Hilsum
How will Libya respond to hardline Islamic militancy? Last month the government failed to intervene when Sufi shrines were attacked. Now the US ambassador has been murdered.
Lindsey Hilsum
Where is Xi Jinping? I don’t normally report rumours, but when it comes to the Chinese Communist Party the rumours have become the story, writes Lindsey Hilsum.
Lindsey Hilsum
Sixteen preachers have been shot dead in Mali as they were stopped at a security checkpoint. One Islamist leader says he regards it as a declaration of war. But who was behind the killings?
Lindsey Hilsum
This week northern Mali’s new rulers banned secular music as “satanic”. From now on, private radio stations in the north may only play the recitation of Koranic verses.
Lindsey Hilsum
Lindsey Hilsum on the links between the conflict in Mali and the demise of Colonel Gaddafi in Libya.
Lindsey Hilsum
When he came to power in 1991, Meles – a short, precise man in a suit – was a new kind of African leader: not a flamboyant kleptocrat like Mobutu or Mugabe, but an ascetic, a former communist and guerilla leader
Lindsey Hilsum
Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum blogs from the Lebanese/Syrian border, which 30,000 Syrians have crossed in recenty days.
Lindsey Hilsum
There is a Chinese proverb for every occasion and mine for the Olympic security row is “Be careful what you wish for.”
Lindsey Hilsum
“Interestingly, some westerners also want the east to have more power, because the region is solidly anti-Gaddafi, whereas in the west there’s still some residual support for the late Brother Leader.”