In 1991, he became BBC Africa correspondent for three years, covering the US-led invasion of Somalia otherwise known as Operation Restore Hope, the Angolan Civil War and the transition to black majority rule in South Africa.
[4] He reported on the murders of dozens of women in Juarez, Mexico[5] and covered the disputed 2000 presidential election.
[9] In 2003, he was one of the few journalists to travel with Vice-President Dick Cheney through the Middle East in a prelude to the Iraq War.
[14] Carver has written for numerous newspapers, including The Independent,[15] London Review of Books, The Sunday Times, New Statesman and The Guardian.
It includes his escape from prisoner-of-war camp PG 49 at Fontanellato, thanks to the decision by the Commandant, Colonel Eugenio Vicedomini, to open the gates the day after the Armistice of 8 September 1943.