Benghazi Libya May 2012

Harsh censorship shuts down papers in Sudan

Unbylined for security reasons but a piece from my recent trip to Khartoum.

 Harsh censorship shuts down papers in Sudan » International Media Support (IMS)

Sudan-South Sudan peace deal

My story from Africa Investor on the peace deal between Sudan and South Sudan. Mixed opinions on whether it will last.

Conflict reporting in Sudan and South Sudan border media » International Media Support (IMS)

A report on a course I gave in conflict reporting to Sudanese and South Sudanese journalists.

He ran for his life now he's running for gold

My piece on the South Sudanese Olympic marathon runner Guor Marial

IRIN Africa | SOUTH SUDAN: He once ran for his life; now he’s running for gold | South Sudan | Conflict | Refugees/IDPs

New prosecutor for the ICC

Here's a piece I wrote for IRIN on Fatou Bensouda.

IRIN Global | GLOBAL: New ICC prosecutor vows to focus on victims | DRC | Global | Kenya | Libya | Conflict | Governance | Human Rights

Reparations for Lubanga victims

Motorcycles, school fees, counselling, cash: Thomas Lubanga’s `kadogo’ (child soldiers) know what reparations they want from the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Less clear is what a cash-strapped court can offer damaged children taken from their families and forced to fight in a brutal ethnic conflict in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

This is a piece I wrote for IRIN on the thorny issue of reparations.

http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95257/DRC-Thorny-issue-of-reparations-for-Lubanga-s-victims

It was also reprinted by the Guardian in the UK.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/apr/12/congo-reparations-lubanga-child-soldiers