Running for president in a country that does not, technically, exist
No, I say to those of you as jaded as me, I’m not talking about the Central African Republic. I’m actually talking about Somaliland,…
Read MoreWanna be a photographer? Read this. Like pretty pictures? Read this.
Photojournalist extraordinaire, sometimes-collaborator and dear friend Glenna Gordon shares some of her work, and her trade secrets. Among my favorite surprises: a few new…
Read MoreOn being on the other end of stereotype
There are a lot of ridiculous assumptions Americans hold, wittingly or not, about Africa. That it’s a country. That it’s always at war. That…
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A Comparative Guide to Grenade Attacks in Burundi & Rwanda
It almost seems like you can’t hold elections without a few grenade explosions in this part of the world. Grenade explosions made international news…
Read MoreA comparative guidebook to grenades in Great Lakes capital cities
It almost seems like you can’t hold elections without a few grenade explosions in this part of the world. Grenade explosions made international news…
Read MoreHow to tell a fake NGO from a real one
The Rwandan government is set to release a report on sham NGOs operating in the country, according to the New Times. The report paves…
Read MoreHow to bring peace to Africa
Okay, I have no idea. That’s a teaser, one designed especially for Twitter. Sometimes, it takes a bit of cyberwhoring to get a click…
Read MoreAfter war, who’s not a ‘vulnerable population’?
I’m up to my ears in UN project reports about peacebuilding activities in various countries, and I continue to see language like this, a…
Read MoreThis week in African elections…
There aren’t any. To be fair, only one of the three I’m thinking about is even supposed to have happened. But the other two…
Read MoreRwandans in Congo? “They’re all around us”
Here’s a terrific article by Michelle Faul of the Associated Press about the sort of thing that’s often rumored in quiet dinner conversation in…
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