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About David Loyn

David Loyn is developing world correspondent of the BBC.

Articles by David Loyn

Thursday 20th February

Witnessing the Truth

David Loyn, 20 February 2003

BBC correspondent David Loyn asks what happened to the objectivity that underpins good old-fashioned reporting. There should be no 'peace journalism' or 'war journalism', he argues. Reporters can only 'witness the truth'.

Wednesday 13th November

Afghanistan, one year on

David Loyn, 13 November 2002

There is progress, but is it too little, too late? Civil servants in Afghanistan are unpaid, roads impassable, and justice undone. Where there is no effective governance, and more money being spent on warfare than development aid, is it surprising that the Taliban still has support? A year after Kabul changed hands, a bleakly realistic assessment from the BBC’s Developing World Correspondent.

Wednesday 4th September

Earth Summit audit

David Loyn, 4 September 2002

At the summit, the rich were for globalisation, the poor against. But a larger message did come through the divisions: we need a different vision. We must ‘build a humane and caring global society’.

Wednesday 3rd April