Rwanda’s Keeper of the Dead
On the 20th anniversary of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, remembering a man who made history his mission. NYAMAGABE, Rwanda — There was never…
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Reporter Succeeds Where UN Failed: Rwanda rebel website closed
FDLR militia group’s website in Europe shut down after German newspaper raised questions. The war in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo took a surprising…
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Glenna Gordon has an impressive exclusive in Foreign Policy today, an interview with Liberian warlord-turned-senator Prince Johnson. One of my favorite parts of the…
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A week or two ago, I mentioned journalist Andrew Rice’s first book, The Teeth May Smile But the Heart Will Not Forget. I told…
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The Teeth May Smile But the Heart Does Not Forget
The stunning story of a Ugandan man’s quest for the truth about the murder of his father, who was killed during the reign of…
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Some of you might remember my series on grassroots reconciliation in Sierra Leone. Fambul Tok is a local program in every sense–started by a…
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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…
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