Must-see photos from Liberia on Cote d’Ivoire
Probably everyone here already knows photojournalist extraordinare Glenna Gordon, but just in case you’re under a rock or otherwise prone to miss this —…
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Silly women and their sexual assault. Don’t they know it’s complex?
At a small school in Pennsylvania, students staged a sit-in to protest the way their campus handles rape reports. This piece, from the Philadelphia…
Read MoreCalling women media-makers in East Africa!
I know media-makers is a weird term, but when I look around, I see media everywhere. Journalists are the easiest to spot, but there’s…
Read MoreIn Uganda, a new inflation — in the price of votes
A must-read from Joachim Buwembo in The East African. Buwembo notices that as the Ugandan shilling tanks, the value of the Ugandan vote is…
Read MoreAnd, 5-0, the ICC gets Libya
The Security Council unanimously voted to refer Libya to the International Criminal Court, for “widespread and systematic attacks” against citizens protesting Qaddafi. (NYT source,…
Read MoreCalling anyone who knows about illicit economies
This just in. Those in need or desirous of publication, take note: CALL FOR PAPERS: St Antony’s International Review – The Challenges of Illicit…
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In Africa, Reporters Face Ethical Questions When Reporting on Rape
Kigali, Rwanda — But first, a quick news update: A Congolese colonel is going to jail for his sex crimes. It’s the first such…
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Reporters and Rape II: Readers’ trust and trauma stories
But first, a quick news update: A Congolese colonel is going to jail for his sex crimes. It’s the first such conviction — and…
Read MoreIn Cote d’Ivoire, Ouattara says watch what happens next
Alassane Ouattara, who AllAfrica.com called “the internationally recognized president of Cote d’Ivoire,” which seems a good way of handling that linguistic problem, gave a…
Read MoreUgandan Opposition: “If the ruling party can steal votes, we can totally plagiarize”
There are some rather surprising similarities between British Prime Minister David Cameron’s political manifesto and the one Ugandan opposition candidate Kizza Besigye wrote. Remarkable,…
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