The Antelope’s Strategy
After the genocide, ordinary Rwandans wonder: Can survivors and killers share hilltops again? There’s a shorthand in journalism for the difficult work of covering…
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Ex-Combatants Return to a Changed Rwanda
A former ‘big man’ deserts his Congo-based militia after learning more about the country he left. Kigali, Rwanda – On a cool February afternoon,…
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Forging New Ways to Live Together After Genocide
The effort plays out in local courts as well as camps that teach the culture of a ‘new’ Rwanda. KIGALI, RWANDA — Two years…
Read MoreVox justus. (Cuz that sounds like it would be Latin for justice…): An interview with Luis Moreno-Ocampo
My personal picks for “best of” the ICC prosecutor’s sit-down with Newsweek: NEWSWEEK: Bashir responded to the ICC’s arrest warrant by expelling foreign-aid groups…
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Editorial Choices II, or, Good job, Parade, for not making rape victims all victim-y
Er, sort of. Parade Magazine is circulated in local American newspapers and claims something like 40 gajillion readers. It’s seriously huge, and pretty mainstreamy,…
Read MoreEditorial Choices I, or, "Gawker, will you feel even a little bad if someone DOES blow up the AIG building?"
Probably even my African readers have a good idea of how much populism is being stirred in American right now by just saying the…
Read MoreHey, journalists, here's an idea…
I really have to just start another journalism blog, so those of you who are here for Africa don’t have to wade through this….
Read MoreICC: Not as stupid as the cynics may have thought…
So I feel a little bad about my reflexive “Yes, but what about the DYING?!” response to the ICC indictments. For starters, it’s pretty…
Read MoreWhat does the high road cost?; or, Thanks, ICC: Bashir orders a dozen+ aid agencies out of Darfur
There has been lots of speculation, hand-wringing and other expressions of sincere concern since the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for the…
Read More"Excuse me, but could you please push apart your thighs?"
I’m not a fan of making lives easy on my readers. I think the kind of bs we usually encounter in what fills our…
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