Articles by Katie McQue
The global coffee trade’s role in the Rwandan Genocide
Twenty-five years after the ‘fastest and most efficient murder campaign of the twentieth century’, Katie McQue examines the role that the global deregulation of the coffee trade had in destabilizing Rwanda.
Chagossians urge caution over UN legal win
The United Nations International Court of Justice has ruled that Britain should hand the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius. Katie McQue reports.
Illegitimate children denied British citizenship by ‘archaic’ law
Katie McQue exposes the legal loopholes used to discriminate against Caribbean citizens.
Next generation of Chagos exiles resists deportation
Decades after the UK made them exiles, their children and grandchildren now face expulsion. Katie McQue reports.
‘Catastrophic’ explosion risk on Diego Garcia
Revealed: Ships at the controversial naval base are crammed dangerously close. Katie McQue reports.
New US embassy in Jerusalem provokes Nakba tensions
‘They are choosing this time to remind Palestinians that we control you,’ a Palestinian tells Katie McQue.
Did deforestation cause the Ebola outbreak?
How humanity may have triggered Ebola outbreaks. By Katie McQue.
Women starving for their basic humanity
Immigration Removal Centres are the shame of Britain, Katie McQue reports.
Zanzibar shows how tourism spreads HIV globally
The tourism sector increases workers’ vulnerability to AIDS. Katie McQue reports in this web exclusive.Exclusive: Inside Diego Garcia, America’s highly secretive military base
A two year investigation reveals the US military’s poor treatment of contract workers on the controversial island. Katie McQue reports.
UK Supreme Court highlights right of Chagos refugees to return home
The court ruling may indicate some progress but it also upholds the ban on the refugees’ return. Katie McQue reports.
South Africa: dying for justice
South Africa’s High Court recently ruled that 27,000 goldminers with silicosis, an incurable lung disease, could collectively sue their former employers.