Philip Davies Photographer


News and documentary cameraman, editor and sound recordist with 38 years experience of working in Africa.
Clients: ITN, Channel 4, ARD, ABC News, WTN Worldwide Television News, BBC
Photographer
INSTA: bbcphil
Stories, Events Covered
ANC uprising South Africa 1987 - 1990
UNTAG mission South West Africa / Namibia 1998 - 1990
Nelson Mandela's release South Africa 1990
Independence Namibia 1990
Zimbabwe Elections 1990
Township Violence South Africa 1990 - 1994
US & UN intervention Somalia 1992 - 1995
First Free Elections South Africa 1994
Genocide Rwanda 1994
Rwanda Refugee Crisis Goma Zaire 1994 - 1996
Civil War Balkans / Sarajevo 1994 - 1995
UEFA European Football Championship England 1996
Downfall of Mabutu Zaire 1996 - 1997
Bombing of USA Embassy Nairobi Kenya 1998
Famine South Sudan 1998
Civil War Sudan / South Sudan 1998 - 2005
Lords Resistance Army Uganda 1998 - ongoing
Earthquake Istanbul Turkey 1999
Conflict Kosovo 1999
HIV Pandemic Zambia Uganda Kenya South Africa 2000 - ongoing
Zimbabwe Farm Invasions 2000 - 2002
Church Cult Massacre Uganda 2000
2nd Intifada Israel Palestine 2000
Civil War Sierra Leone 2000
Goma Volcanic Eruption Eastern Congo DRC 2002
Gulf War Iraq 2003
Civil War / Downfall of Charles Taylor Liberia 2003
War in Darfur Sudan 2003 - ongoing
Conflict Eastern Congo DRC 2004 - ongoing
Israel Lebanon War 2006
Ethiopia British Diplomats Kidnapped Afar 2007
Election Violence Kenya 2007 - 2008
Islamist uprising Somalia 2007 - ongoing
Mozambique Floods 2007
Pirates Somalia 2008 - 2014
Football World Cup Ghana 2010
Floods Pakistan 2010
South Sudan Independence 2011
Libya Revolution Downfall of Gaddafi 2011
Famine Somalia 2011 - 2012
DRC The Fight To Save Mountain Gorillas 2012 - ongoing
Poaching Wars Kenya 2012 - 2017
Terror Attacks Kenya 2013 - ongoing
Fighting South Sudan 2014 - ongoing
Civil War Central African Republic 2014 - ongoing
Ukraine Downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 2014
Chad Boko Haram 2015 - ongoing
Niger Fleeing Africa Migration 2015 - ongoing
Ethiopia El Nino Drought Horn Of Africa 2016
The Gambia Fall Of A Dictator 2017
Kenya Land Invasions 2017
Somalia South Sudan Drought Famine 2017
Kenya Elections and Re Run Elections 2017 - 2018
Saint Helena First Passenger Flight 2017
Africa Population Explosion Niger Nigeria Kenya Ethiopia 2017 - ongoing
Damming The Blue Nile Ethiopia Sudan Egypt 2018 - ongoing
Niger Mali war on Islamist Militants 2018 - ongoing
South Africa Rhino poaching 2018 - ongoing
Zimbabwe Election Post Mugabe 2018
DRC Pre Presidential Election Congo 2018
Botswana Elephant Poaching Hunting Conservation Debate 2019 - ongoing
Burkina Faso Rise in Islamic Attacks 2019 - ongoing
Mozambique Cyclone Idai Flooding 2019
Sudan Anti Government Protests Downfall of Al-Bashir 2019
DRC Ebola Crisis Eastern Congo 2019 - 2020
Zimbabwe Death of President Mugabe 2019
Seychelles Effects of Global Warming 2019 - ongoing
Kenya Desert Locust Invasion 2020 - 2022
East Africa COVID-19 outbreak 2020 - 2023
Ethiopia Tigray Crisis 2020 - ongoing
Ethiopia Elections 2021
East Africa Climate Change Turkana 2021 - ongoing
Mozambique War on Islamic State Affiliated Militants 2021 - ongoing
Madagascar Worlds First Climate Change Famine 2021 - 2023
Ukraine Russian Invasion 2022 - ongoing
Morocco World Cup Football 2022
UK Rwanda Migrant deal 2023 - 2024
Ethiopia Tigray fear of Famine 2024
South Africa Democratic Elections 2024
Lebanon Israel Invasion 2024
Sudan Civil War Ethnic Cleansing 2024 - ongoing
Mayotte Cyclone Disaster 2024
Kenya GenZ Anti Government Protests 2025 - ongoing