Veteran BBC Africa correspondent Mark Doyle dies aged 67

British journalist Mark Doyle, best known for his reporting on conflicts in Africa in the 1990s and 2000s, has died aged 67 after a short illness.

After living in Africa, he joined the BBC in 1986. Doyle became East Africa correspondent in 1993 and made his mark covering the Rwandan genocide a year later.

As West Africa correspondent from 1997 to 2002, he reported on