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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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Eritrea shows off its military hardware
Analysis
August 7, 2019
Sudanese are drunk on freedom
Features
May 3, 2019
Hunted down after leaving al-Shabaab
Features
March 18, 2019
Kill me, but tell me who you are. Plunder and terror in Eastern Congo
Features
December 28, 2018
On the Somali coast you never know who are the good and who are the bad guys
Features
November 7, 2018
The revolution of the youth
Features
September 29, 2018
Freedom is unknown and the future not so certain in Ethiopia
Features
September 8, 2018
Leaders in Africa disappointed me- Jan Pronk
Photography & Video
July 11, 2018
“What an irony that Ethiopia is now the last country in Africa to become democratic” – Eskinder Nega
Interview
May 15, 2018
How foreign aid has become unwanted
Analysis
April 27, 2018
This is our home, say the Sengwer
Features
March 21, 2018
The Last Male Standing
Features
January 12, 2018
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