Some surprising facts about FGM, in new UNICEF study
UNICEF today released a thorough report on female genital mutilation/cutting, which includes deep dives into data sets, methodology and social theory — there’s a…
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Things you should read this weekend
Tristan McConnell’s series of stories from “the new Mogadishu” for GlobalPost. I think the piece on underpaid city cops is my favorite. Spend some…
Read MoreRegarding more than the pain of others
I have a new essay with the Boston Review, about suffering, compassion and foreign journalism (and other narratives) of Africa. I hope you’ll read…
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The Terminator in Tanzania
I’m working at the moment with the stellar Jake Naughton of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting; we’re zig-zagging Africa for this project. Jake…
Read MoreDid you hear we halved poverty while we were all distracted by Invisible Children? And nine other things that actually happened this week
This week in “Huh?”
From CNN International, in an article about a British aid worker with what appears to be remarkable if limited telepathic capability. I think. Or…
Read MoreIf you don’t blog for awhile, do you disappear?
I’ve been on a manic reporting binge for the last few weeks, so I haven’t had time to keep up the blogging. Or the…
Read MoreWhen can you name rape victims? Nick Kristof replies
This is the first of a two posts about this. Mostly because I wrote this, went to bed at 2 am, then I got…
Read MoreOne more casualty of the news biz
McClatchy pulls its reporter from Africa. Shashank Bengali has been doing some really fascinating work there, but the mother ship called him home. Or…
Read MoreOh, what a small, interconnected world
The wonderful Glenna Gordon was doing her internet thing in Monrovia today, when a man named Lincoln came over and introduced himself. He had…
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