There he helped lead international news coverage and on the ground political reporting, including the 2016 primaries and US Presidential election.
From 2004 until 2010 he was the Africa Correspondent for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, reporting for its television, radio and digital news services.
From his base in Nairobi, Kenya, he re-asserted CBC's presence on the continent, regularly reporting from conflict zones in Darfur, Mali, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, as well as Afghanistan.
He also covered a wide range of social, economic, and cultural issues affecting Africa, travelling from Timbuktu to Mogadishu, Khartoum to Cape Town.
In his work, he covered Nelson Mandela's final international tour as South African President, interviewed Nobel Peace Prize Winner Desmond Tutu, as well as sports stars, Grammy award winning artists, business leaders, activists and indicted war criminals.