World Health Organization Says Ebola Outbreak Wasn’t Taken Seriously
August 5, 2014 Five months after the start of the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history, global response measures are beginning to be scaled up….
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Nobody’s Sure Why a Promising Ebola Drug Trial Ended
The company producing the new Ebola treatment suddenly pulled out of Liberia, leaving researchers confused. NAIROBI — A year after the onset of the…
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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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How Not to Write About Rape
How can we make readers ethically comfortable with our journalism choices but morally uncomfortable with the horrors we have to write about?
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Can diamonds be a (socially responsible) girl’s best friend again?
Recently, I learned about The Clarity Project, an effort to bring fairly-mined, fairly-sourced diamonds into the jewelry market. Impressed by the venture and the…
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I’m watching the live feed of the Taylor trial happening in The Hague. I’m sitting at my hotel in Freetown, with a few Sierra…
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A Sign of Peace in Sierra Leone: A Trash Truck
Freetown, Sierra Leone — In Freetown recently, I came face to face with something that made me a believer: a trash truck.
Read MoreIn Sierra Leone, things are exactly as normal as they appear
In Freetown recently, I came face to face with something that made me a believer: a trash truck. A believer in what? That depends…
Read MoreOn wads of crisp, clean West African cash
Today I withdrew cash at a bank in Freetown. A dollar here is worth almost 4,000 leones, and the largest bill they print is…
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