Lindsey Kennedy

FEATURE: The atmosphere outside the purpose-built, 15,000-seat stadium that hosted heavyweight contenders Antony Joshua and Andy Ruiz in December was unusually civilized for a boxing match. This heavyweight championship rematch was another step in Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman’s (MBS) grand modernization campaign, alongside easing gender restrictions and green-lighting cinemas and music concerts. If the idea was to challenge stereotypes of the desert Kingdom, it was working: there was even a sprinkling of rain.

IN-DEPTH: While other countries moved to ban khat, Ethiopia's decision to keep it firmly in the formal economy means they retain tax revenues, rather than gifting them to criminal syndicates, terrorist networks or militant insurgents – as many of their West African neighbours have unwittingly done.

FEATURE: Report on how the Cambodian Prime Minister exploited the coronavirus crisis to roll out emergency laws that consolidate his authoritarian power.

FEATURE: Until recently, billboards around Kabul were emblazoned with a simple phrase: “Imagine Peace.” Now, they instruct people to wash their hands.

A new documentary by BBC Africa Eye evidences the widespread use of a torture technique called “Tabay” by police and security forces in Nigeria, three years after the practice was officially outlawed. This includes children who have been tortured during interrogation and as punishment.

FOREIGN POLICY | Report on how the latest zoonotic disease outbreak could be the wakeup call needed to persuade customers to stop consuming endangered wildlife, putting an end to the devastating, illegal trade.

In-depth, 3000-word report into the international wildlife trafficking trade, including extensive in-country research and interviews with leading voices in the field. I was also the photographer on this project.

Angola’s crowded prisons pose a particular challenge to limiting the spread of COVID-19 – and the authorities know it.

The world’s most trafficked animal may be among the few winners of the global COVID-19 pandemic, if markets in Gabon are anything to go by.

10-minute explainer video / mini-documentary tracing the origins of the illegal wildlife trade, why it's so hard to combat and its impact on affected countries today. I co-directed, edited and provided the voiceover for this piece.

For days, frightened residents in small towns between Lagos and Ogun, on Nigeria’s Southwest border with Benin, shared social media posts purporting to originate from violent gangs, threatening to ransack people’s homes.

FEATURE: For years, one issue has united countries across the Muslim world: Palestinian Liberation. But as Saudi Arabia, Israel and the US find a shared priority in battling Iran, the Gulf is losing interest - and Palestinians are left out the in the cold, with nowhere to turn but Tehran.

Two former CAR Presidents - and enemies - François Bozizé and Michel Djotodia have both returned voluntarily to the country, two weeks apart, to considerable surprise and consternation from all political stripes.

Feature: A dive into the UK's highly profitable but deeply unpopular arms trade - and some strategies British citizens are using to limit its influence.

Feature: A toxic mix of nationalism and religious extremism is leading to a wave of political violence across Southeast Asia.“After I read that, I was anti-Muslim,” says Thet Swe Win. He boycotted Muslim-owned businesses. He stopped eating biryani, one of his favourite foods. He regularly beat up the smaller of the two Muslim bo...