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How foreign aid has become unwanted

Photo Petterik Wiggers Immediately upon arrival in the South Sudanese capital Juba, the sight of white relief workers is overwhelming. At the airport there are...

This is our home, say the Sengwer

The dilemma whether an indigenous people can live in a forest that is a water catchment area, stares you in the face in the...

The Last Male Standing

Panting from the heat he lies in a pool of mud. Bubbles of air emerge from his derriere, caused by the fermented food in...

Military superpowers try to elbow each other out in Djibouti and China is winning

On the island of Mouchas, an hour sailing from the mainland of Djibouti, lie the remains of pirate tombs. They date from the 19th...

A tribute to the rains

The pungent smell of raindrops in the dust after a long drought can make a Kenyan lyrical. There is a cacophony of mating sounds...

When police start throwing stones

When policemen become rioters. This picture in the Kenyan Standard of the 20th of November shows it all. On that day the Supreme court declined...

God has lost the key to make rain in Turkana

A dark cloud emerges above the cruel landscape of sand, stones, rocks and thorny bushes. On the plains as dry as cardboard live the...

New tactics of Nigerian army drives Boko Haram away but keeps the population hostage

The helicopter lands on a field that is littered with bullets. We have arrived in Gwoza, an area in northeastern Nigeria where only military...

Fighting against the demons created by Boko Haram

Violent memories rage in their heads, as if possessed by demons. Every night Amina, a young woman, falls into a deep hole. Because two...
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