Burundi Election Lacks Critical Ingredient: Candidates
Bujumbura, Burundi — Less than a week away from its first presidential vote since the last armed group laid down their guns, Burundi’s election…
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An open application to join Kofi Annan’s speech writing team
Because I’d make a few tweaks to his op-ed on Holocaust education and genocide prevention. I’d clean up some sloppy language and some bad…
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A Comparative Guide to Grenade Attacks in Burundi & Rwanda
It almost seems like you can’t hold elections without a few grenade explosions in this part of the world. Grenade explosions made international news…
Read MoreHow to tell a fake NGO from a real one
The Rwandan government is set to release a report on sham NGOs operating in the country, according to the New Times. The report paves…
Read MoreHow to bring peace to Africa
Okay, I have no idea. That’s a teaser, one designed especially for Twitter. Sometimes, it takes a bit of cyberwhoring to get a click…
Read MoreAfter war, who’s not a ‘vulnerable population’?
I’m up to my ears in UN project reports about peacebuilding activities in various countries, and I continue to see language like this, a…
Read MoreThings worth thinking about: Who are the “ungrievable”?
I found a lot of food for thought in Nathan Schneider’s interview of philospher Judith Butler, in this week’s issue of Guernica. Schneider talks…
Read MoreBoozing it up in the ‘third world’?: The mix tape
Update, after I got out from under my rock In one of the very active comments sections on the blogs that have taken this…
Read MoreSome good work from Africa
A few weeks ago, two great journalists I follow were honored as Livingston Award finalists. The Livingston Award, given each year to a journalist…
Read MoreTip sheet for Africa rovers
Just wanted to flag a new page. Work Quirks will be a running list of things I wish I’d known about working in Africa…
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