Nigel Holmes

Working for @FCDOGovUK . Formerly @FCDOResearch , @UKinCameroon , @UKinNigeria & @FCDO_RA

[UK in Kenya 🇬🇧🇰🇪 @UKinKenya]

Karibu sana, Balozi! 🇬🇧🇰🇪

Meet the new British High Commissioner-designate to Kenya, @FCDOMattBaugh.

We’re looking forward to welcoming Balozi to #MagicalKenya very soon!

[Kévin Jackson @alleyesonjihad]

🧵Thirty years ago, the Egyptian group al-Jihad carried out a suicide attack against the Egyptian embassy in Islamabad, marking the first time a Salafi jihadi organization used this tactic successfully. Some notes on the attack’s background, players & aftermath.

[Nigel Holmes @HolmesNigel]

Delighted to see this - proud to see Jen from the @UKinKenya team invited to speak on this important and ever evolving subject

[Office of The Director Of Public Prosecutions @ODPP_KE]

This vital discussion will explore how national legal frameworks and prosecutorial strategies can serve as early intervention tools in combating radicalisation and related threats. Our distinguished panel include

i) Dr. Kamran Aliyev, Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan

ii) Hon. Lady Justice Frances Abodo, Director of Public Prosecutions, Uganda

iii) Hon. Martin Hinton KC, Director of Public Prosecutions, South Australia

iv) Ms. Jennifer Riddel, Criminal Justice Advisor, British High Commission

#HOPACinKenya

#HakiNaUsawa

[Office of The Director Of Public Prosecutions @ODPP_KE]

This vital discussion will explore how national legal frameworks and prosecutorial strategies can serve as early intervention tools in combating radicalisation and related threats. Our distinguished panel include

i) Dr. Kamran Aliyev, Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan

ii) Hon. Lady Justice Frances Abodo, Director of Public Prosecutions, Uganda

iii) Hon. Martin Hinton KC, Director of Public Prosecutions, South Australia

iv) Ms. Jennifer Riddel, Criminal Justice Advisor, British High Commission

#HOPACinKenya

#HakiNaUsawa

[Nigel Holmes @HolmesNigel]

This: for a thorough analysis of the state of the conflict in NE #Nigeria #ISWA #Borno https://t.co/Sg0ca29X30

[UK in Cameroon🇬🇧🇨🇲 @UKinCameroon]

Apply by 28 March if you have:

📷Category B Driver's License
📷Minimum three years’ experience as a driver/chauffer
📷Good knowledge of the areas and roads of Yaoundé
📷Intermediate mechanical knowledge
📷Operational level English and French

More 👉https://t.co/Sk8nr5DSMy

[Nigel Holmes @HolmesNigel]

Very excited to see #Cameroon’s Carlos Baleba, of Brighton, in the ⁦Troy Deeney team of the week. Sounds like an immense performance. https://t.co/MPXxQmEfrp

[Nigel Holmes @HolmesNigel]

I nursed this #honey from #Cameroon for 13 months (since I left #Yaoundé) but finished it this week. The finest honey I’ve eaten, by miles. I tried to connect this firm to British honey people but no luck. If you know anyone importing it to UK, tell me https://t.co/YmgvMDEXzQ

[Nigel Holmes @HolmesNigel]

This is the wrong Nigel - you don’t want me giving any advice to businesses on tax relief! But I’m nevertheless delighted to discover another Nigel Holmes out there and am sure he is, accordingly, brilliant.

[Nigel Holmes @HolmesNigel]

Still going through our stocks of essentials from #Cameroon . This and honey are, I think, the best of the best.

[Nigel Holmes @HolmesNigel]

While I was in #Malta for the @iijmalta event I was wowed by #Valletta and can’t wait to go back. Amazing people, history, architecture and food. Not quite as cold as the UK at this time of year. Plus: the sight of an @marksandspencer or two on the high street.

[Nigel Holmes @HolmesNigel]

I was delighted to spend two days last week celebrating the tenth anniversary of @iijmalta - dedicated to addressing terrorism in compliance with the rule of law and human rights.

I look forward to joining their Governing Board of Administrators for the UK in the coming days.

[Nigel Holmes @HolmesNigel]

This is not at all positive news for what we British call ‘pancakes’ (surely what we’d think of as ‘English crêpes’). No, the French have gone for #crumpets instead.

(Since you ask: tasty enough, but not a patch on ⁦⁦@Warburtons⁩ crumpets.)

[Nigel Holmes @HolmesNigel]

Delighted to see this ‘family toilet’ brightening up a motorway service station in France. Good for all parties. Would be great to see in the UK, too.

[National Library of Wales @NLWales]

Bridging Wales and Cameroon

Created as part of our ‘Decolonizing Art’ project, Joshua Donkor’s portrait of @yomadene will be unveiled in this special event chaired by poet @iforapglyn.
Tickets: https://t.co/oTda432xYs

[Charlotte Watts @CharlotteHWatts]

As I enter my final year as FCDO CSA, the search for my successor has started. Its an amazing job, providing science advice across FCDO priority agendas, guiding FCDO’s significant development R&D & working with talented research & diplomatic staff in UK & globally. #fcdocsa

[Government Office for Science @uksciencechief]

.@FCDOGovUK are looking for a new Chief Scientific Adviser to help them harness the power of research, evidence, expertise and science diplomacy to support the UK becoming a leading science power globally. More information about this exciting role here: https://t.co/RLnDva8RUH

[Nigel Holmes @HolmesNigel]

Sighted: suspected attacker of our bins and soiler of our front garden.

[Nigel Holmes @HolmesNigel]

Had a great night on Sunday at the @BoA_Awards ! Super to hear the likes of @fatma_samoura , @MoFarah03 @EniolaAlu and @Michailantonio . Deeply inspiring. Congratulations to the organisers: the unstoppable Aisha and Francis.

[Nigel Holmes @HolmesNigel]

A splendidly organised evening, and truly inspiring with it. The @ODI_Global fellowship is probably the @FCDOGovUK ‘s longest running programme. One common theme on the night: fellows worked for, and were loyal to, their host governments.

[ODI Global | odi-global.bsky.social @ODI_Global]

Wonderful night celebrating 60 years of our Fellowship Scheme! 🎊

It was inspiring to see so many Fellows, past & present, connect and share their stories & hopes for the scheme.

With special thanks to our speakers including @SumaChakrabarti, @AndrewmitchMP & @DonaldKaberuka.