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Geoff Hill

ghill@washingtontimes.com

Geoff Hill is an Africa-based journalist. His foreign correspondence is highlighted in the Threat Status newsletter produced by The Washington Times. Mr. Hill’s family has been in Africa since 1795, and for more than two decades he has covered the region for The Washington Times. When not writing he rescues snakes from people’s homes and is pictured here with a puff adder. His work has appeared in newspapers on all six continents and he was the first non-American to win a John Steinbeck award.

Articles by Geoff Hill

The Reagan administration and prominent black Americans at the time repeatedly passed on opportunities to expose and condemn Mugabe's campaign of violence and terror, critics say. (Associated Press/File)

Robert Mugabe massacres in Zimbabwe haunt U.S.

Human rights groups and activists are demanding the release of CIA and State Department files showing how much the U.S. government knew about what they say was a genocide in the 1980s under Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, whose funeral took place earlier this month in Harare.

September 23, 2019
Nigerians set a bonfire across the road from a South African-owned supermarket Wednesday in Abuja in retaliation for attacks against Africans working in South Africa. Police in South Africa arrested more than 100 people in five areas impacted by days of violence in Johannesburg and Pretoria, an embarrassment for the South African administration as it hosted the World Economic Forum this week in Cape Town. (Associated Press)

South Africa, Nigeria clash over foreigners

A wave of violence targeting foreign workers and foreign-owned business has proved deeply embarrassing to the government and could be putting Africa's two economic powerhouses -- South Africa and Nigeria -- on a collision course.

September 5, 2019
Britain's new Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures as he speaks outside 10 Downing Street, London, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. Boris Johnson has replaced Theresa May as Prime Minister, following her resignation last month after Parliament repeatedly rejected the Brexit withdrawal agreement she struck with the European Union. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Boris Johnson, new U.K. prime minister, sets sights on Brexit

Boris Johnson returned from an audience with Queen Elizabeth II late Wednesday afternoon and, from the steps of what is now his official home at No. 10 Downing St., promised to shake up the status quo and take Britain out of the European Union no later than Oct. 31, "no ifs, ands or buts."

July 24, 2019
China dispatched members of its People's Liberation Army to Djibouti two years ago to man the rising Asian giant's first overseas military base, a key part of a wide-ranging expansion of the role of China's armed forces. The base's proximity to the U.S. military's Camp Lemonnier has been a continuing source of tension. (Associated Press/File)

China, U.S. military clash over Djibouti airspace

The Chinese military is guilty of "irresponsible actions" toward American forces stationed at Djibouti's Camp Lemonnier on the Horn of Africa, a senior U.S. military intelligence officer said.

June 16, 2019
National Security Adviser John Bolton once said the Djibouti deal showed the "effects of China's quest to obtain more political, economic and military power." (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Djibouti harbor battle escalated by court order

The ruling, handed down Thursday, was only made public over the weekend by Djibouti's state-controlled media, where the government of one of Washington's closest allies, President Ismail Guelleh, has yet to issue a response. Djibouti's port holds the distinction of housing both the only permanent U.S. military base in Africa and first overseas military base established by Communist China.

April 9, 2019