The Poaching and Trafficking of Pangolins is Sowing Instability in Central AfricaPangolins are small mammals with hard scales and vital to biodiversity in forested regions. They are also the most trafficked...
The Inside Story of an NGO Rescue Ship That Saves Migrants From Dying at SeaIt has been an exceptionally deadly year for migrants crossing the Mediterranean. The first eight months of 2023 have been...
Ethnic Cleansing Has Returned to Darfur. Is Genocide Next?In 2003 a militia drawn from ethnic Arab tribes in Darfur known as the Janjaweed partnered with the government of...
How The UN Prevented A Massive Oil Spill in the Red SeaI’ve been covering humanitarian crises, conflict and the United Nations since 2005. It is rare that this beat brings me...
Kenya May Send Troops to Haiti. Is That a Good Idea?Haiti is in the midst of the worst humanitarian and security crisis in years. Gang related violence is surging –...
The Coup in Niger and What Comes NextOn July 26th, the democratically elected president of Niger Mohamed Bazoum was deposed in a military coup. This coup seemingly...
What Does Political Science Teach Us About Why Countries Use Private Military Groups like Wagner and Blackwater?The Wagner group was a key fighting force in Ukraine until its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, attempted a mutiny. And twenty...
Kenya’s National Security Advisor Monica Juma on Climate and Security in the Horn of AfricaMonica Juma is the National Security Advisor to Kenyan President William Ruto. Kenya is a stable democracy in a tough...
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk: “You Have to Defend the Law With Weapons”Oleksandra Matviichuk is a Ukrainian human rights lawyer and co-recipient of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize. She is a human...
