AuthorsPosts by Koert Lindijer

Koert Lindijer

Koert Lindijer has been a correspondent in Africa for the Dutch newspaper NRC since 1983. He is the author of four books on African affairs.

123 Posts

The rapes, the murders, the torture—all these horrors are engraved on our hearts. Everything was destroyed in Kailek

Features November 23, 2025

Jan Pronk: a ventriloquist from another civilization

Interview October 25, 2025

The wandering souls of Sudan after 500 days of starving out El Fashir

Arts September 10, 2025

The end of an era. The development worker goes home, what remains of the morality that drove him

Analysis August 30, 2025

We must safeguard our native seeds

Environment August 9, 2025

How visual arts in Kenya capture the state of the country

Arts August 2, 2025

The bookseller in the frontline

Arts July 19, 2025

Health care collapse looms. Modern diseases on the rise

Interview June 4, 2025

How Isaias Afwerki brought us into a cycle of conflict and chronic misery

Opinion May 14, 2025

War in South Sudan gets very ugly once more

Features May 10, 2025

Part 2 What the visit of the Dutch king to Kenya achieved

Analysis April 13, 2025

Amadou Bagayoko is dead. He was part of “the blind couple of Bamako”

Arts April 8, 2025

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HISTORIC VICTORY: Kenyan Court Rules “Sharing Seeds is Not a Crime” in Landmark Verdict for Food Sovereignty

November 27, 2025

Forgotten Conflict, Forgotten Nation: Will anyone listen to the victims’ voices in Sudan?

November 27, 2025

Major population transfers are taking place from M23 areas in Eastern Congo to Rwanda. Some call it ethnic cleansing

November 26, 2025

The rapes, the murders, the torture—all these horrors are engraved on our hearts. Everything was destroyed in Kailek

November 23, 2025