Desmond Davies is originally from Sierra Leone and has been a journalist and commentator on African affairs for more than 40 years. He is a former Editor of West Africa Magazine in London, He has also worked for New African and Africa Now magazines in London, becoming Editor of the latter in 1984. He continues to write extensively on African and global affairs. He has extensive political contacts in Africa and has interviewed a number of heads of state, including, for example former Presidents Charles Taylor of Liberia, Jerry Rawlings and John Kufuor of Ghana while they were in office and President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia. Desmond is currently the London Bureau Chief for the Ghana News Agency (GNA). He is a Mentor in strategic communication at the African Leadership Centre, King’s College London.