some of my reporting
PHOTOS: As South Africa’s rooibos tea trade heats up, debate brews
The Globe and Mail. Jan. 8, 2022
Vigilante groups tackle looters in South Africa
The Times. July 15, 2021
Cheetah 'message boards' found in Namibia could save the species
The Times. Dec 21, 2020
Rwandan street children 'beaten and abused' in detention camp
The Times. Jan. 27 2020
Tuning into Africa: Will new stories mean new subscribers?
The Economist. March 4, 2020
How Far Can Populism Go in South Africa?
Foreign Affairs. May 7, 2019
The rush to avert a second disaster after floods in Mozambique
The Economist. March 30, 2019
Ramaphosa’s Short Honeymoon
U.S. News & World Report. Feb. 21, 2018
Why South African women are opting for clandestine abortions
The Economist. Feb. 1, 2018
South Africa is getting land reform wrong
The Economist. Jan. 25, 2018
In South Africa, household debt is hobbling the black middle class
The Economist. Jan. 18, 2018
Cyril Ramaphosa’s election as head of the ANC means he’ll probably be South Africa’s next president
Los Angeles Times. Dec. 19, 2017
Global companies snared in South Africa’s corruption scandal
The Associated Press. Dec. 13, 2017
Pictures of Robert Mugabe are being torn down all over Zimbabwe
The Economist. Nov. 23, 2017
Zimbabwe erupts in jubilation as Mugabe resigns
Radio New Zealand - Morning Report. Nov. 22, 2017
Robert Mugabe, who bragged he would rule Zimbabwe until death, has resigned
The Economist. Nov. 21, 2017
Robert Mugabe resigns as Zimbabwe's president after 37 years
CTV News interview [VIDEO]. Nov. 21, 2017
Zimbabwe’s deepening crisis
The Economist. Nov. 2, 2017
The loneliest plant on earth
The Economist. Oct 19, 2017
South Africa’s ruling party is at war with itself
The Economist. Sept. 30, 2017
The offspring of Africa's strongmen are living it up
The Economist. Aug. 10, 2017
Gauteng’s Johannesburg: a city to charm developers
Financial Times. May 13, 2017
Driving in Johannesburg: Bad robots
The Economist. Sept. 8, 2016
Religion in Zimbabwe: Tithing troubles
The Economist. Aug. 27, 2016
Goodbye, Party of Nelson Mandela. Hello, Rainbow Nation.
Foreign Policy. Aug. 10, 2016
South Africa's strange 'Native American' fetish
GlobalPost/USA Today. Jan. 4, 2016
From Gucci Grace to President Mugabe?
Foreign Policy. Dec. 21, 2015
Jacob Zuma: How South Africa turned on its President
The Independent. Dec. 17, 2015
Rap is resistance in slave-owning Mauritania
GlobalPost. Oct. 30, 2015
Campaigning against slavery can get you locked up in Mauritania
GlobalPost. Oct. 22, 2015
'Slaves by the will of God': Why Mauritania has the highest percentage of slaves in the world
GlobalPost. Oct. 19, 2015
In the Wake of Boko Haram's Assault, A Humanitarian Crisis Unfolds
NBC News/GlobalPost. April 14, 2015
Welcome to Scientology leader L. Ron Hubbard's African dream home
The Daily Mail/GlobalPost. June 26, 2015
Boko Haram 'burned our houses, they burned our food' (VIDEO)
GlobalPost. April 14, 2015
Power rangers: Botswana's all-electric safari
CNN Travel. Dec. 2, 2014
Botswana's politics: Losing its sparkle
The Economist. Oct. 30, 2014
Justice in South Africa: Equal and colour-blind?
The Economist. Oct. 25, 2014
These are the real victims of Boko Haram
GlobalPost. May 1, 2015
Mozambique's got some of the best bad taxidermy you'll ever see
GlobalPost. Oct. 18, 2014
And the Oscar goes to jail
GlobalPost. Oct. 21, 2014
Madagascar's Bamboo Lemurs Fight For Survival
NPR/GlobalPost. Nov. 5, 2013
Zimbabwe’s coming election: The spirit of wrath is upon us
The Economist. June 29, 2013
The African National Congress: A sad and sorry decline
The Economist. June 29, 2013
Britain evicted these people so the US could set up a military base
GlobalPost. June 21, 2013
Beijing retail: Too competitive to win?
The International Herald Tribune. Sept. 12, 2008
The Games: Foreigners not welcome
Maclean's Magazine. May 12, 2008
Young and West-less: They may be ill-fed but North Korean youth love their dear leader
Well dressed for the Olympics in Beijing
The International Herald Tribune. Sept. 19, 2007
Bicycling in polluted Beijing
CBC Radio Dispatches. March 23, 2006