And to your left, the rare spotted owl…
“Gender Observatory established in Rwanda” (It’s actually not that interesting; the government is establishing a department to watch the mainstreaming of gender and the…
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Africa’s Great Lakes
I’ve written breaking news, features and analysis from Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo; I also review books on the region. Here…
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West Africa
I’ve reported from Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea Bissau and Senegal, often for the Christian Science Monitor and occasionally with photographer Glenna Gordon, and the…
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Fascinators!
U.S.A.
I’ve had an extraordinary opportunity to write about all manner of Americana. Along the way, I’ve discovered interesting characters, like young British father turned…
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Best American Science Writing
This a story about two doctors who write medical affidavits — the closest thing to “proof” of torture most people can get — for…
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The Walrus
No Small Mercy May 2009 (Photo by Lionel Healing) Fifteen years after Rwandan Hutu massacred hundreds of thousands of their Tutsi countrymen, one survivor…
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