From the Department of Locally Appropriate Transportation
On a listserve that functions as classified ads for mzungus and upper class Rwandans in Kigali, someone recently advertised a car for rent: Rent…
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Remembering the genocide: Three snapshots
I am hoping to put together a quick multimedia thing to share tomorrow or Friday. Meantime, here are three snapshots from today’s Walk to…
Read MoreIt’s that time again
It’s genocide memorial day, although that’s the wrong way to think about it. Today is the day they’ve chosen to commemorate the beginning of…
Read MoreMuraho! And with that: How should we cover the genocide commemoration?
I’ve finally landed back in Kigali, where I’ll be for the foreseeable future. That silence? That was me packing up my life… Shortly, Rwanda…
Read MoreWell, that’s one way to deal with a rapist…
From the today’s reporting, at the Open Society Institute’s event “Accountability for Sexual Violence: Innovative Strategies at Work in Africa.” Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi, cofounder and…
Read MoreFarm aid from space
This is the title of my newest Christian Science Monitor article, which is actually about weather-indexed insurance programs in sub-Saharan Africa. All kinds of…
Read MoreAfrican poverty is falling. (Seriously.) Maybe it’s the tourism? (Doubt it.)
The ridiculously digitally prolific Tyler Cowen at Marginal Revolution points to a new paper from an MIT-Columbia team of authors who’ve found that across…
Read MoreOne article you SHOULD read on Congo
If you live in America, go to your nearest newsstand and buy the March issue of Mother Jones. You’ll probably like most of what’s…
Read MoreActually, Nick Kristof, this is a damn good point.
One more thing on this “Nick Kristof named a 9-year-old rape victim!” controversy. In my, “Thanks for your time in the middle of Congo,…
Read MoreWhen can you name rape victims? Nick Kristof replies
This is the first of a two posts about this. Mostly because I wrote this, went to bed at 2 am, then I got…
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