2008

Jul

Muhumed Abdi Elmi, age 50
Jul 17th

Inside the Mind of a Nomad

I met Muhumed Abdi Elmi in the desert of Somaliland while reporting this story for NPR, which just...
Jul 17th
Who does this remind you of?
Jul 1st
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Interview with Alessandra Argenti
Jul 1st

The Evolution of a Hero, or, How to Live...

Alessandra Argenti isn’t afraid of anything. She’s open to everything. To use a terrible cliché, she...
Jul 1st

Jun

The 16-Year-Old Foreign Correspondent

There must be some fallout from Africa’s low professional training requirements for jobs from...
Jun 21st

Exiled Journalist Plans Return to...

It’s shocking to meet young Somalis with great journalism skills. I know that sounds prejudiced, but...
Jun 20th

May

Dihoud
May 22nd
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Dr. Dihoud’s bedtime story.
May 22nd

Disarming Guerrilla Rebels

I just returned from a three-week trip in Somaliland, an unrecognized state north of Somalia....
May 22nd

African Curriculum

BOOKS “A Long Way Gone” by Ishmael Beah I stayed home for three days without leaving my...
May 10th
Mohamed Amin
May 7th

I’m Starting a Newspaper with One...

If Mohamed Amin runs out of money in the process of building his start-up newspaper, the “Hargeysa...
May 7th
Mr. Osman surveying the damage done to his old khat chewing...
May 6th

Catching Terrorists In Somaliland

This man is a former Minister of Interior for Somaliland, a country north of Somalia that’s not...
May 6th
This is a matatu. Others have Jesus, Tupac, Bob Marley or...
May 5th

Nairobi's DIY Public Transport

The best and the worst part of Kenya’s sprawling capital, Nairobi, are one and the same:...
May 5th
Dan Jackson in heated discussion with his matatu driver
May 5th
Patrick
May 4th

The Ghetto Film Club

One day I was listlessly following my fabulous Italian roommate through a Nairobi slum and I found...
May 4th
The orphans of Villa Teag. George Ocholla is the one with...
May 3rd

Five-Year-Old Orphan Buried his Dead...

George Ocholla used to be one of the street kids in Kenya. They hang around the corners begging,...
May 3rd
George Ocholla: “I think you Italians like to be...
May 3rd

Kenyan wildlife ranger who can spot a...

Tourism has been down to almost zero in Kenya since the post-election violence in the country in...
May 2nd
She’s a badass
May 2nd
He lives on sour milk and BLOOD.Seriously, it’s the...
May 2nd