2024
Record number of journalists in Senegal’s jails amid political turmoil, CPJ (reported with Moussa Ngom), March 1, 2024
2023
‘Network abuse’: Attacks on 3 media sites involved services of US, UK firms, CPJ, September 19, 2023
Cyberattackers used US company RayoByte in efforts to crash media sites, CPJ, September 7, 2023
‘You better shut up’: A Ghana family’s relentless calls for justice, CPJ (reported with Evelyn Okakwu), July 5, 2023
Video: A family’s relentless calls for justice in Ghana, CPJ (reported with Evelyn Okakwu, production by Esha Sarai), July 5, 2023
‘Like going to the war front’: Nigerian journalists offer tips for covering 2023 elections, CPJ (reported with Evelyn Okakwu), February 13, 2023
Four years since murder of Ahmed Hussein-Suale Divela, Ghana’s journalists still attacked with impunity, CPJ (reported with Evelyn Okakwu), January 13, 2023
2022
‘Permanent fear’: Togolese journalists on their lives 1 year after Pegasus Project revelations, CPJ, July 18, 2022
Botswana journalists remain ‘vigilant’ under new surveillance law, CPJ, May 4, 2022
Journalists caught between conflict and censorship, Daily Maverick, May 2, 2022
2021
In Benin, growing fears over law that can jail journalists for posting news online, CPJ, December 8, 2021
A Nigerian journalist took photos at the scene of killings his government denies. Then the harassment started, CPJ, November 10, 2021
‘There is no private life’: Three Togolese journalists react to being selected for spyware surveillance, CPJ, September 22, 2021
Botswana police use Israeli Cellebrite tech to search another journalist’s phone, CPJ, July 14, 2021
In Burkina Faso, Spanish journalist killings underscore broader dangers to the press, CPJ, May 7, 2021
Equipped by US, Israeli firms, police in Botswana search phones for sources, CPJ, May 5, 2021
Journalists struggle to work amid extended internet shutdowns in Myanmar, Ethiopia, Kashmir, CPJ (reported with Muthoki Mumo, Shawn W. Crispin, and Kunal Majumder), May 3, 2021
Spyware Threatens Press Freedom’s Privacy Imperative, Washington Post Press Freedom Newsletter (republished by IPS News), April 2021
CPJ joins letter urging NSO to act on commitments to curb spyware abuse, CPJ, April 27, 2021
How U.S. copyright law and fake Gmail accounts were used to censor a report on gambling in Kenya, CPJ, February 19, 2021
2020
Defenders of the fourth estate, The Continent, December 19, 2020
CPJ joins call to revise Nigeria’s draft data protection bill, CPJ, September 15, 2020
US, UK, Interpol give Ghana phone hacking tools, raising journalist concerns on safety and confidentiality, CPJ, July 14, 2020
Liberia’s journalists wary as authorities announce new press passes, threaten shutdowns, CPJ, May 7, 2020
We need journalists to be our window on a wider world, especially during lockdown, Daily Maverick, April 3, 2020
‘An attempt to gag the media’: Journalists on Nigeria’s proposed social media bill, CPJ, April 1, 2020
Nigeria’s communications regulator sued over warrantless access to ‘call data’, CPJ, February 26, 2020
How Nigeria’s police used telecom surveillance to lure and arrest journalists, CPJ, February 13, 2020
2019
Nigeria and Ethiopia jail activist-journalists amid crackdown on free expression, CPJ (reported with Muthoki Mumo), December 11, 2019
The secret prosecution of Nigerian journalist Jones Abiri, Al Jazeera English, December 10, 2019
Nigerian military targeted journalists’ phones, computers with “forensic search” for sources, CPJ, October 22, 2019
‘You cannot muzzle the media’: Nigerian journalists on press freedom under Buhari, CPJ, April 15, 2019
Ghana won’t have press freedom without accountability, CPJ, February 7, 2019
2018
Colonial and Apartheid-era laws still govern press freedom in southern Africa, originally published as part of a collection titled, Reflecting on the Closing of Civic Spaces and its Impact on Marginalised Groups in Southern Africa compiled by the Southern Africa Litigation Centre, updated version published by Quartz, November/December 2018
Video: After 2 Years in Secretive Detention, Nigerian Journalist Finally Appears in Court, CPJ (production by Mustafa Hameed), August 4, 2018
Video: ‘The Media is All of Us’: Ghanaian Journalist Brutally Beaten by Police, CPJ (production by Mustafa Hameed), July 30, 2018
African Governments Mark World Press Freedom Day with Crackdown Against Online Journalism, IPS News, Sowetan Live, Daily Monitor, The Mantle (reported with Muthoki Mumo), May 3, 2018
As peace talks resume South Sudan continues its assault on press freedom, CPJ, February 2, 2018
Why release of two journalists in Ethiopia does not signal end to press crackdown, CPJ (reported with Muthoki Mumo), January 25, 2018
2017
Journalists under duress: Internet shutdowns in Africa are stifling press freedom, Africa Portal, August 17, 2017
The UN Wants to Respond to Climate Change and Prevent Conflict, But When?, adelphi, June 8, 2017
2016
Liberia: Climate Change Adaptation Offers Peacebuilding Plan, adelphi, December 20, 2016
Conflict in Context: Land subdivision in Kenya compounds climate costs, adelphi, November 28, 2016
Climate Action is Critical for Sustaining Peace, adelphi, October 17, 2016
The UN’s Blind Spot for Conflict Prevention, IPS News, October 3, 2016
Uncertainty Mars Potential for Peace in South Sudan, IPS News, September 28, 2016
The perfect storm: Mozambique's compounding crises, ISS Africa (with Gustavo de Carvalho and Lisa Reppell), July 22, 2016
Mozambique: there's more to peace than silencing the guns, ISS Africa (with Gustavo de Carvalho and Lisa Reppell), July 1, 2016
Planning for peace: lessons from Mozambique's peacebuilding process, ISS Africa (with Gustavo de Carvalho and Lisa Reppell), June 29, 2016
Climate change and conflict: how Mali can grow more resilient, ISS Africa (with Gustavo de Carvalho), May 30, 2016
What does new momentum for UN peace and security really mean?, ISS Africa (with Gustavo de Carvalho), May 18, 2016
Analysis: Why the UN Needs a “Peace Industrial Complex”, IPS News, May 17, 2016
2015
Myanmar: Still locking up political prisoners, Al Jazeera English, July 5, 2015
2014
Mongolia’s Poorest Turn Garbage into Gold, IPS News, September 22, 2014
Far-right gains alarm French left, Al Jazeera English, July 28, 2014
Divisions over Gender Complicate Development Agenda, IPS News, May 7, 2014
Finding the Needle in the Post-2015 Haystack, IPS News, April 30, 2014
Torture, Starvation & Deaths Captured Digitally Inside Syria, IPS News, April 16, 2014
African Nations Need Industrialisation and Economic Transformation, IPS News, April 13, 2014
U.N. Buzzes Over Vector Borne Diseases, IPS News, April 8, 2014
Getting into CAR, When so Many Want to Get Out, IPS News, April 4, 2014
Sudan & South Sudan Aid Efforts Dramatically Underfunded, Says U.N., IPS News, March 25, 2014
Japanese Global Health Fund Targets Diseases of Developing World, IPS News, March 24, 2014
WFP Airdrops Food in South Sudan, IPS News, March 18, 2014
U.N. Envoy to Afghanistan on Election Hopes & Challenges, IPS News, March 17, 2014
Getting into CAR, When so Many Want to Get Out, IPS News, April 4, 2014
Sudan & South Sudan Aid Efforts Dramatically Underfunded, Says U.N., IPS News, March 25, 2014
Japanese Global Health Fund Targets Diseases of Developing World, IPS News, March 24, 2014
WFP Airdrops Food in South Sudan, IPS News, March 18, 2014
U.N. Envoy to Afghanistan on Election Hopes & Challenges, IPS News, March 17, 2014
What We Can Learn from Child Soldiers, IPS News, March 10, 2014
As Crimea Referendum Nears, Tensions Rise, IPS News, March 10, 2014
As Tensions Flare, OPCW Indicates Positive Developments, IPS News, March 5, 2014
UNRWA Aid to Yarmouk Repeatedly Thwarted, IPS News, March 5, 2014
Security Council Holds Second Emergency Meeting on Ukraine, IPS News, March 4, 2014
UNSC Warns Sanctions to Support Yemen’s Political Transition, IPS News, February 27, 2014
UN Chief Appeals for Dialogue in Thailand, IPS News, February 27, 2014
Press Freedom Goes on Trial in Egypt, IPS News, February 24, 2014
Violence Continues to Escalate in the Central African Republic, IPS News, February 20, 2014
Growing Inequality Mars 20 Years of Women’s Progress, IPS News, February 14, 2014
Committee to Protect Journalists Releases 2014 Report, IPS News, February 12, 2014
Homs Deal Marred by Continued Hostilities and Sieges in Syria, IPS News, February 9, 2014
UN Outraged by Looting of Humanitarian Supplies in South Sudan, IPS News, February 5, 2014
UN Launches Appeal for Sahel Region Aid Plan Funds, IPS News, February 3, 2014
Starving for Access in Syria’s Yarmouk Camp, IPS News, January 31, 2014
The U.N. Closes January 2014 With Ambitions on Climate Change, IPS News, January 31, 2014
Geneva 2 Press Conferences Reveal Early Tensions and Ambitions, IPS News, January 28, 2014
UN Indicates Importance of Establishing Facts In South Sudan, IPS News, January 22, 2014