Why Enough will always get Congo “wrong” — and why we should maybe thank them for it
I’m going to go straight to it: Because advocacy is politics. Advocacy is aspirational; it is rhetorical; and it is manipulative. And none of…
Read MoreNaomi Blood Diamond Campbell?
I’m watching the live feed of the Taylor trial happening in The Hague. I’m sitting at my hotel in Freetown, with a few Sierra…
Read MoreNot sure how to feel about your despot? He’ll tell you.
Graeme Wood has a freakin’ pitch-perfect piece on the Central African Republic in Foreign Policy’s failed states issue. It’s old news to those of…
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A Sign of Peace in Sierra Leone: A Trash Truck
Freetown, Sierra Leone — In Freetown recently, I came face to face with something that made me a believer: a trash truck.
Read MoreIn Sierra Leone, things are exactly as normal as they appear
In Freetown recently, I came face to face with something that made me a believer: a trash truck. A believer in what? That depends…
Read MoreAmerica’s War, Africa’s body bags: Guest post from Uganda
In the wake of the Kampala bombings, I’ve been exchanging emails with my friend and colleague Allan Brian Ssenyonga. Allan is a Ugandan freelance…
Read MoreThe White Reporter’s Burden in Africa II: Journalists who get over it
In an effort to be productive in my criticism, here are nearly two dozen or so Western journalists I think do good work in…
Read MoreYes, Nick, there is a white reporter’s burden in Africa
But it’s not being white on the Dark Continent. It’s that there are so many other bad white reporters who came through before us….
Read MoreDon’t look here for good news
Al Shabaab bombs Kampala threatens Bujumbura, which now feels like my second home. Journalists and political candidates are turning up dead in Rwanda. New…
Read MoreThis weekend, in human rights outrage…
Way up there in Canada…. Half of the sexual assault staff at a Canadian hospital center is sick, or tired — literally — and…
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