reconciliation in mali Hard start for Mali’s new leader See the version of this article published on the IRIN site on September 19, 2013 GAO, Mali — World leaders and others who have pledged to help Mali recover from nearly two years of conflict will gather in the Mali capital, Bamako, today for the official inauguration of the newly elected president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. “I want to reconcile hearts and minds, restore true brotherhood […]
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Pro Wrestling, Senegal Style See original article in The New York Times DAKAR, Senegal — Many called it the biggest match of all time. Others, just the biggest of the season. Either way, it was too big for the limited seating at Demba Diop Stadium here — a fact not lost on those who started lining up outside at 9 a.m., 10 hours before the main event. The marquee combatants arrived in the […]
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aid in haiti, 4 years later Owning your crisis: aid partnerships in Haiti See the version of this article published on the IRIN site on February 21, 2014 PORT-AU-PRINCE – Following the 2010 Haiti earthquake, aid agencies were criticized for not doing enough to include or empower local authorities in emergency responses and recovery efforts. Four years later, IRIN has spoken to Haitians, government officials and aid agencies, to see whether this had […]
Read Moreswaziland: a nation of orphans This is a video I produced from Swaziland during an internship with International Bridges to Justice in the summer of 2009. The NGO deals with criminal justice issues in developing countries and the print intern, Walker Gunning, and I reported this story during our free time. A version of this story, along with an in-studio interview with me, aired weekly throughout the New York City Metropolitan Area on CUNY TV’s […]
Read MoreDAKAR, Senegal — Tea is a daily tradition in Senegal. And as the country prepared to welcome Barack Obama, the U.S. president was the subject many were talking about over their teacups.
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Read MoreQueens – The recession has hit New Yorkers hard, especially working class people who don’t have a lot of savings to cushion the blow of sudden unemployment or a reduction in work hours. Latinos are one group especially affected by the current crisis. That’s because they are predominately employed in construction, manufacturing and hospitality industries, sectors that have had the biggest job losses. According to a recent report by the Pew Hispanic Center in Washington, […]
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videos produced for the open society initiative for west africa “ebola hub”
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