The Independent named best digital publishing company of the year The Independent was awarded top gong at the Digital Publishing Awards The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2025
Hundreds gather for fond farewell to The Independent’s Kim Sengupta Family, friends and journalists gathered at a memorial service at St Bride’s Church on Fleet Street to pay tribute to The Independent’s world affairs editor The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2025
The Independent’s Rebecca Thomas named best health journalist of 2024 at British Journalism Awards It is the second time Rebecca Thomas has won the health category at the prestigious British Journalism Awards The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2024
The Independent nominated six times at British Journalism Awards Independent journalists nominated for features, foreign affairs and health reporting, as well as both Investigation and Campaign of the Year The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2024
The Independent’s veteran war reporter Kim Sengupta posthumously honoured with Edgar Wallace Award Honour for excellence in writing and journalism awarded to much-loved former diplomatic editor The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2024
David Lammy leads tributes to The Independent’s ‘brilliant and courageous’ war correspondent Kim Sengupta Politicians, military personnel and international journalists pay tribute to The Independent’s veteran correspondent Kim Sengupta The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2024
Independent readers pay tribute to ‘lion of truth’ and ‘gifted journalist’ Kim Sengupta Kim ‘took us to places we didn’t want to be and showed us the horror and the hope’ says our community. Lauren MacDougall shares reader tributes to the award-winning war correspondent following his death The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2024
OPINION - Kim Sengupta was an international reporter of legend and his stories all had a distinct twist Kim Sengupta, who has died suddenly at the age of 68, was an international reporter of legend, covering most of the main battlefronts of the last 30 years. On the road, he was a companion whose wry stoicism became a trademark. Evening Standard · Jul 30, 2024
Kim Sengupta was brave and determined, but also smart and resilient Patrick Cockburn – a longtime colleague of Kim – remembers a courageous correspondent always determined to get as much fun as possible out of the direst situation The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2024
Fearless, intrepid, dogged – Kim Sengupta never gave up on a story Kim had an extraordinary knack for talking to anyone, be they high up or lowly, from ambassadors or generals to troopers to civilians, writes former Independent editor Chris Blackhurst The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2024
The Independent’s award-winning war correspondent Kim Sengupta dies In a career spanning more than four decades, it was at The Independent that Kim would define his legacy as one of Britain’s best on-the-ground correspondents, writes international editor Chris Stevenson The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2024
Bombs, betrayal and burying loved ones: Plight of one Ukraine village illustrates toll of Russia’s invasion Kim Sengupta returns to Kamianka in eastern Ukraine – the scene of one of the most extraordinary exchanges he has witnessed during the 21-month war – to hear about the struggle to rebuild amid accusations of Russian collusion and vast destruction The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2023
Bombs, betrayal and burying loved ones: Plight of one Ukraine village illustrates toll of Russia’s invasion Kim Sengupta returns to Kamianka in eastern Ukraine – the scene of one of the most extraordinary exchanges he has witnessed during the 21-month war – to hear about the struggle to rebuild amid accusations of Russian collusion and vast destruction The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2023
A young man was shot dead in Jerusalem. His story illustrates a cycle of violence with no end in sight Adam Nasser Abu Alwaha was killed on Monday morning, according to Israeli authorities, for stabbing a policeman. Kim Sengupta visits his family, who had their home raided in the wake of his shooting, with his mother insisting he did not belong to any militant group and had shown no particular… The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2023
The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2023 We call this place the ‘Gates of Hell’: where we try and identify the bodies left by Hamas At a military base outside Tel Aviv, refrigerated containers are filled with the corpses of those massacred by Hamas. Those responsible for identifying the remains tell Kim Sengupta about the struggle in dealing with the maimed bodies they have seen. Both young and old
The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2023 Another day, another funeral: Anger grows as the Palestinian death toll spirals in the West Bank As the families of Mohammed Aliyan and Mahmoud Makleh mourn their deaths, they tell Kim Sengupta that they have learned to live with suffering but that Israel’s actions will only breed more fury
The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2023 Fears grow West Bank will become another front in Israel’s war as violence surges Palestinians in the West Bank tell Kim Sengupta they are facing a crackdown from Israeli forces and threats to their lives from settlers, while Israeli officials say the threat from Hamas is clear
The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2023 Inside the sports bars of Ukraine where Chelsea and Liverpool fans find escapism in the Premier League Ukrainian football fans cannot watch football in the flesh while war still rages but seek a little solace in the country’s pubs and bars, writes Kim Sengupta
The Week · Apr 20, 2023 US intelligence leaks: the threat to Ukraine The Pentagon leaks “are staggering in scale and range”, said Kim Sengupta in The Independent.
The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2023 His brother was kidnapped and murdered by the Russians, his mother left to die. Now he wants answers Kim Sengupta witnesses a Ukrainian commander confront the neighbours he suspects betrayed his family in their village
The Independent UK · Feb 20, 2023 The fate of a church outside Kyiv shows how Putin’s invasion has fundamentally changed Ukraine Kim Sengupta returns to the Church of St Michael’s which he visited near the start of the war. It has converted from Russian Orthdox to Ukrainian Orthodox – a symbol of the long-standing religious divides the conflict is only making worse
The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2022 ‘Life can end suddenly here’: Inside Bakhmut, the city being bombed to ruins by Russia’s forces The ferocity of the assault, and the destruction it has wrought, is due to a fevered Russian attempt to secure a strategic and symbolic victory after retreating in other battlefields, Kim Sengupta reports
The Independent UK · Oct 22, 2022 ‘Life can end suddenly here’: Inside Bakhmut, the city being bombed to ruins by Russia’s forces The Wagner Group has fought on behalf of the Kremlin in a range of arenas including Syria, Libya, central Africa and, most recently, in the Sahel, where its soldiers replaced French forces in Mali, Kim Sengupta reports
The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022 ‘We can’t just keep moving’: Ukrainians living under Russian bombs are helped by White Angels Driven back in other areas, Russian forces are bombarding this part of Ukraine, with towns and villages caught in the crossfire, as Kim Sengupta reports from Krasnohorivka
The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2022 Signs of torture on bodies found in Ukraine town liberated from Russia In recaptured Lyman, Kim Sengupta finds evidence of Russian atrocities and Ukrainian commanders ready to administer their own justice