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Koert Lindijer
Koert Lindijer has been a correspondent in Africa for the Dutch newspaper NRC since 1983 to 2026. He is the author of four books on African affairs.
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A new deal will not bring peace to Congo
Analysis
December 4, 2025
Hemedti: The tall man with the sarcastic smile of a mischievous child
Analysis
December 3, 2025
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
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