And then, there's Rwanda and France…
From today’s New Times, Rwanda’s English-language daily: the Rwandan government is going to indict French officials named in the Mucyo Report, an investigation of…
Read MoreRwanda-Germany update
I spoke with a friend in Kigali yesterday who told me that an estimated 7,500 people joined a march to protest Kabuye’s arrest. That’s…
Read MoreRwanda and Germany face off
Germany yesterday arrested a top Rwandan government official, and Rwanda is outraged. Rose Kabuye, a member of Parliament, was arrested while traveling through Frankfurt….
Read MoreWhat makes torture torture?
That’s a question that has obsessed me since America began debating whether torturing people is “warranted” or not. The debate started a few years…
Read MoreThree new (ish) stories, from Africa and New York
Some more of my Sierra Leone reporting has finally seen the light of day. Here’s a story about a woman who runs a local…
Read MoreHow Obama looks to Rwanda
Here’s a video some folks I knew in Rwanda put together about Kigali’s reaction to Obama’s election: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVH9o-WxEcA]
Read MoreChange is everywhere…
Now that I’m writing about Africa from New York, I thought it time to change things up a little. Which is supposed to include…
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For Fufu in Freetown, This Diner’s the Place
You might not recognize Sadia Pratt in the early morning. She wears a long house dress and an apron, orange in places where palm…
Read MoreNews from Congo, not mine, and not good
Things are getting worse in Congo again. In a story I co-wrote a few months ago—and in Human Rights Watch reports that came out…
Read MoreA look at the American heartland, from a West Virginian who can’t explain it
I keep getting asked–this is a paraphrase–“Why is West Virginia still so damn racist?” Media reports on the racism in the part of the…
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