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…
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Regarding 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…
Read MoreAs diplomats meet in London to talk Somalia, where are the women?
Lots of powerful men — and a few powerful women, including the American Secretary of State — are meeting in London to talk about…
Read MoreLasers vs. pirates: The new Somali frontier
The British are going to try beating back pirates with specially-crafted laser canons. I’m not kidding. “We are using the laser as a kind…
Read MoreOuting corruption in Kenya, and African authors you want to meet
Last year, I wrote about a new book on a Kenyan whistleblower, written by a British journalist. A reader pointed me to Kenyan writer…
Read MoreAmerica’s War, Africa’s body bags: Guest post from Uganda
In the wake of the Kampala bombings, I’ve been exchanging emails with my friend and colleague Allan Brian Ssenyonga. Allan is a Ugandan freelance…
Read MoreRunning for president in a country that does not, technically, exist
No, I say to those of you as jaded as me, I’m not talking about the Central African Republic. I’m actually talking about Somaliland,…
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