Ukraine’s defence ministry corruption reshuffle marks a painful moment in an agonising war

by Rashmee

Posted on February 7, 2023


Anyone who wishes Ukraine well will be dismayed by news that its defence minister, Oleksii …

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‘All the world’s somewhat corrupt and men and women merely players’

by Rashmee

Posted on January 28, 2022


The worry of Transparency International’s new corruption perception index is that so much of the …

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A year in protests. It underlined our interconnectedness

by Rashmee

Posted on December 13, 2019


As the year hastens to an end, journalists like me are trying to discern the …

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In Tunisia, a sense of change infuses the air

by Rashmee

Posted on July 6, 2017 / The National


Summer in the Maghreb is generally thought to be a time when indolence finds respectability. …

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My question to a tweet-scoffing man I respect: Is Trump really too rich to be corruptible?

by Rashmee

Posted on December 21, 2016


Just the other day, a fellow-American whose opinion I respect, scoffed at a story I …

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Kabul Taxi takes Afghan satire to an unexpected pitch. Now for the movie

by Rashmee

Posted on July 14, 2015


Cometh the hour, cometh the Facebook page. All the American investigative journalism training grants (and …

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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK