Martin Leach
Head of the Africa Conflict and Humanitarian Unit
I am head of the Africa Conflict and Humanitarian Unit. Recently, I have acted as head of DFID Rwanda and have previously worked as a Rural Livelihoods Adviser in Bangladesh and Kenya.
The poor deserve a better deal
Posted 20 September 2010
One early July day, I made my first flight to Africa, was delivered with my blue rucksack to a guest house on Ngong Road in Nairobi, and enjoyed my first encounter with a noisy Mynah bird, singing loudly outside my window. A long haul drive across the country in matatu minibuses took me to Mt Elgon [...]
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