Inside Sudan’s Tech Resistance
It’s hard to overstate the incongruity — the absurdity, even — of arguing the finer points of contract law in the wake of a…
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Betraying Justice for Rwanda’s Genocide Survivors
More than 20 years after an international criminal court’s landmark convictions of Rwandan genocidaires, the court is beginning to parole the masterminds of genocide.
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Faces you don’t forget
There are so many of them. Today, this one, for no grand editorial reason. I think about this little girl a lot. I met…
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Just Sayin’
No story, really. I just loved this little moment.
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Burundi Votes
In May, Burundians voted to change their constitution. Social media was full of strident voices on both sides, but here’s what ordinary Burundians, both…
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In Kenya, Victims of Political Violence Want More Than a Handshake
“The president courageous enough to tell the police they did good work killing ‘thugs.’ He needs to come back here and ask our forgiveness.”
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Who Decides When Survivors Can Tell Their Own Stories?
A UN court tried to stop three Rwandan rape survivors from telling their stories in their own words. When is protection paternalism?
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How NASA satellites save Kenya’s nomads from bankruptcy during drought (seriously)
by Jina Moore, for Pacific Standard, Winter 2012 (no longer available online) Brenda Wandera’s iPhone buzzes in her lap. A text message has made its…
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An Aid Worker Fights for Justice After Being Raped in South Sudan
Megan 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…
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“We lost everything. I can’t begin to tell you, what is our everything.”
This is what a man in the Bentiu refugee camp told me. He sought me out when he saw me writing down what women…
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