The news on AIDS in South Africa is not what you think
The “AIDS in Africa” story we know in the West is bleak: HIV is spreading across the continent, accosting and killing men and women…
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Sunday in a South African township
I came to Tshepisong to meet Olga. When she had only two children herself, and she was only 30 years old, Olga began her…
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A preliminary PEPFAR roundup (and come add your ideas)
On Wednesday, the Congressionally-mandated evaluation of PEPFAR — the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief — was released. It’s nearly 700 pages long, and I haven’t but skimmed its…
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From Cote d’Ivoire, a Happy New Year dance
This is irresistible, and the Aaninka dance troupe is fantastic. Makes me want to move to Cote d’Ivoire and apprentice myself to those women….
Read MoreIf your only lens on Africa was the war on terror, what would you see?
An article in The Washington Post got Mohammed Ademo heated up. Ademo is the cofounder and editor of the Oromo citizen news website Opride.com,…
Read MoreTake that, narrative: Barbie & Ken’s Nigerian wedding
This is fantastic. H/T Glenna Gordon for this awesome photo series by Obi Nwokedi, who was inspired by an Italian Vogue project on a…
Read MoreTo mark South Sudan’s first anniversary, read this
Journalism loves anniversaries, and South Sudan’s first anniversary of independence (or, as it’s been dubbed in places, its “birthday”) is a naturally an occassion…
Read MoreWhat’s one thing everyone in the world things belongs to them?
Maggi! Check out Aurora Almendral’s fabulous radio piece about Maggi, that most ubiqutous of seasonings. It immediately brings Rwanda to my mind — and…
Read MoreThings to watch: On reproductive rights around the world
I’m in Kenya for a few days, at a meeting in a hotel that has TVs in the room, so I’m catching up on…
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$1 million for African media, $100,000 at a time
Enter your best ideas! Share This: For Immediate Release: May 10, 2012 Contact: Sonja Matanovic, Communications Director Telephone: 202.349.7624, smatanovic@icfj.org Call…
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