Michael Holmes was an award-winning anchor and correspondent for CNN International based at the network’s headquarters in Atlanta. For the last 45 years he has reported on major news events including the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Rwandan genocide and numerous wars and conflicts all over the world.
Holmes, who joined CNNI in 1996 as the first Australian anchor for the network, has reported extensively from all corners of the globe including Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Mexico, India, Nepal, Africa, Pakistan and Afghanistan and has traveled to more than 80 countries.
He has covered conflicts in Afghanistan, Libya, Gaza, the West Bank and Iraq, where he reported on the war from the very beginning, making more than a dozen trips there – usually for weeks at a time. His coverage of Iraq included all aspects of the war including the insurgency and occupation to the trial and execution of Saddam Hussein.
