Katharine Houreld is a British freelance reporter who specialises in African affairs. Her reportage has appeared in Reuters, South Africa’s Mail and Guardian, the UK’s Independent, Telegraph and Sunday Times newspapers, Canada’s Globe and Mail and the Washington Times among other publications.

Recent articles

The peace agreement in Darfur may only be the prelude to further conflict in Chad, Sudan and neighbouring states, says Katharine Houreld.

With Ivory Coast's civil war now flaring against the United Nations' peacekeeping mission, Katharine Houreld asks what has gone wrong given recent UN success in Liberia, and what it will take for the conflict to cool.

The opportunities for Liberia’s people to benefit from a revivified democracy depend on the success of an ambitious aid and monitoring programme, reports Katharine Houreld in Monrovia.

As banker Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf pulls ahead of soccer star George Weah in the vote-counting, Katharine Houreld in Monrovia assesses the impact of the Liberian elections on the nation’s struggle to recover from war.

Women – as voters, campaigners and a leading presidential candidate – are at the forefront of Liberia’s election. Katharine Houreld reports from a violated but resilient west African country