Working for @FCDOGovUK . Formerly @FCDOResearch , @UKinCameroon , @UKinNigeria & @FCDO_RA
Joined June 2011
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Nigel Holmes retweeted
Apr 7
Karibu sana, Balozi! 🇬🇧🇰🇪
Meet the new British High Commissioner-designate to Kenya, @FCDOMattBaugh.
We’re looking forward to welcoming Balozi to #MagicalKenya very soon!
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Nigel Holmes retweeted
19 Nov 2025
🧵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.
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11 Jun 2025
Delighted to see this - proud to see Jen from the @UKinKenya team invited to speak on this important and ever evolving subject
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
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Nigel Holmes retweeted
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
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25 May 2025
This: for a thorough analysis of the state of the conflict in NE #Nigeria #ISWA #Borno therelevantinfo.com/p/so-isw…
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Nigel Holmes retweeted
14 Mar 2025
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 👉fco.tal.net/.../1/opp/24635-…
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16 Sep 2024
Very excited to see #Cameroon’s Carlos Baleba, of Brighton, in the Troy Deeney team of the week. Sounds like an immense performance. bbc.co.uk/sport/football/art…
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27 Jul 2024
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 mielroyal.net/
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26 Apr 2024
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.
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10 Apr 2024
Still going through our stocks of essentials from #Cameroon . This and honey are, I think, the best of the best.
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5 Feb 2024
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.
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5 Feb 2024
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.
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5 Jan 2024
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.)
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18 Dec 2023
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.
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Nigel Holmes retweeted
14 Oct 2023
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: events.library.wales
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Nigel Holmes retweeted
5 Oct 2023
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
4 Oct 2023
.@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: civilservicejobs.service.gov…
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Nigel Holmes retweeted
4 Oct 2023
.@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: civilservicejobs.service.gov…
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4 Oct 2023
Sighted: suspected attacker of our bins and soiler of our front garden.
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4 Oct 2023
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.
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20 Sep 2023
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.
14 Sep 2023
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.
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