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Kill me, but tell me who you are. Plunder and terror in Eastern Congo

Aurélien Kambala in the north-eastern Congolese city of Butembo is preparing himself for his role as an election observer on Sunday*. The father puts...

On the Somali coast you never know who are the good and who are the bad guys

The admiral on the pontoon bridge focuses his binoculars on a speck in the blue-green sea. The Spanish warship the Castilla stops. Special forces...

The revolution of the youth

Youth in Oromia create upheaval in Ethiopa(Photo Petterik Wiggers) Julius Owino (40) raps a tune at the start of his morning show on Ghetto Radio,...

Freedom is unknown and the future not so certain in Ethiopia

Back-lit and draped in palm leaves, Abiy Ahmed bears an uncanny resemblance to Jesus Christ in the stickers you see plastered on car bonnets,...

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...

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