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Like a lot of us, I used to blog like crazy. It helped me think, and it helped me get work as a freelance journalist. Then…
Read MoreLike a lot of us, I used to blog like crazy. It helped me think, and it helped me get work as a freelance journalist. Then…
Read MoreMegan Nobert is a 28-year-old lawyer with an expertise in sexual and gender-based violence. Last year, she went to South Sudan hoping to help its…
Read MoreThis is what a man in the Bentiu refugee camp told me. He sought me out when he saw me writing down what women…
Read MoreNAIROBI — Uganda’s entire public stock of emergency contraceptives will expire by Wednesday, leaving women — especially survivors of rape — in the lurch.
Read MorePHNOM PENH, Cambodia — In the early days of the new regime, Chan Phay lived a mostly normal life. By 1975, the Khmer Rouge…
Read MoreTwenty years after Rwanda’s genocide, the country’s women have made huge strides in politics and law. But culture changes more slowly. KIGALI, Rwanda —…
Read MoreAfter Kenya’s deadliest terror attack, it was hard for families to recognize their murdered loved ones.
Read MoreThe bodies of the students killed at Garissa University, in Kenya’s most deadly terrorist attack in nearly 10 years, had all been flown to…
Read More“There are still people there, sleeping in the forest.” Survivors of Kenya’s worst terrorist attack in years describe fleeing al-Shabaab militants. BuzzFeed News’ Jina…
Read MorePresident Goodluck Jonathan conceded his re-election bid Tuesday in Nigeria’s first ever peaceful democratic transition of power. ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan…
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