Archive for the ‘Uganda’ Category
This week in “Huh?”
From CNN International, in an article about a British aid worker with what appears to be remarkable if limited telepathic capability. I think. Or maybe it’s an article about Save the Children’s remarkable if limited omniscience? Unclear: The British aid worker is “well,” said Anna Ford of Save the Children in Nairobi, Kenya. “He is [...]
Why is it so dangerous to be a journalist in Uganda?
Ugandan journalist Allan Brian Ssenyonga, a frequent guest writer on this blog, says Ugandan journalists naively assume press badges and working for the public interest will keep them safe. It is, alas, a deadly mistake. A colleague of mine at The New Times, a Rwandan daily for which I am a freelance columnist, once told [...]
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