Kenyan cartoonist optimistic despite censorship, tension "A political cartoonist is always on the cutting edge of free expression, given that they are constantly making fun of powerful people." Patrick...
Project Exile: Ethiopia editor leaves after beatings "I received warnings before the second attack. They start to tell me that I'm still 'offending' them." Yetneberk Tadele almost left his home country...
Kenya doctor sees mixed results from strike "When you're the only doctor on the ground you can't take a break or even have lunch." Lyndah Kemunto (courtesy) Soon after Lyndah Kemunto...
Documenting starvation in South Sudan "Something has to be done about this." One day in May of last year, Spanish photographer Albert Gonzalez Farran was taking pictures of...
Zimbabwe ‘bond notes’ stoke fears of hyperinflation’s return After rebounding from one of the most spectacular episodes of hyperinflation in human history, Zimbabwe risks new economic turmoil as it issues a new...
Zimbabwe journalist fights charges after poaching report " were being hunted by very senior police officers mandated with protecting wildlife." After Zimbabwe's Sunday Mail published a 2015 report...
Project Exile: Eritrean broadcaster waited five years to escape "I felt like I was waking up from a nightmare." Temesghen Debesai Temesghen Debesai decided to flee the East African nation of Eritrea in 2001....
Project Exile: Targeted for organizing Ethiopian journalists “The government was not happy to see that independent journalists wanted to raise their voices and support journalists in prison or simply defend...
Project Exile: On the run from Gambia’s security forces "When they arrested them, I was in hiding for five days." After graduating from high school in 2001, Buya Jammeh dreamed of becoming a journalist....
Ethiopian rebel commander criticizes U.S. support for regime "We're not going to sit down and die." Ethiopian rebel leader Berhanu Nega has tried democratic politics before. Now the former Bucknell University...
