Backpack Journalist » Africa http://backpackjournalist.org International Freelance Reporting Fri, 27 May 2011 17:57:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Sanctuary http://backpackjournalist.org/2011/05/27/sanctuary/ http://backpackjournalist.org/2011/05/27/sanctuary/#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 17:56:12 +0000 anna http://backpackjournalist.org/?p=194 Anna Sussman reports on how Liberia’s civil war forced a teenage boy to choose between taking up arms, and leaving his country behind.

Listen to Sanctuary on NPR’s Snap Judgment.

 

 

]]> http://backpackjournalist.org/2011/05/27/sanctuary/feed/ 0 On the MEND http://backpackjournalist.org/2011/01/18/on-the-mend/ http://backpackjournalist.org/2011/01/18/on-the-mend/#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:26:42 +0000 anna http://backpackjournalist.org/?p=181 When 68 year-old Texas oil worker Macon Hawkins was kidnapped by MEND rebels in Nigeria, he learned to see the oil business in a new light. Anna Sussman reports On the MEND

]]> http://backpackjournalist.org/2011/01/18/on-the-mend/feed/ 0 US Military Aid to Liberia Cause for Concern http://backpackjournalist.org/2009/08/10/us-military-aid-to-liberia-cause-for-concern/ http://backpackjournalist.org/2009/08/10/us-military-aid-to-liberia-cause-for-concern/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:39:11 +0000 anna http://backpackjournalist.org/?p=155 The US has donated some $200 million in military aid to re-train and re-arm Liberia’s military. While some say the notoriously criminal army needed the professional training, others are worried given the violent consequences US military aid to the country in the past. Anna Sussman reports for PRI’s The World. Liberia’s Military.

]]> http://backpackjournalist.org/2009/08/10/us-military-aid-to-liberia-cause-for-concern/feed/ 0 Rwanda on Trial http://backpackjournalist.org/2008/11/06/rwanda-on-trial/ http://backpackjournalist.org/2008/11/06/rwanda-on-trial/#comments Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:37:38 +0000 anna http://backpackjournalist.org/?p=126 How does a country recover from a genocide? In Rwanda, the government has implemented a traditional system of justice and reconciliation known as the Gacaca courts. The courts are expected to deal with the hundreds of thousands of people accused of participating in the 1994 genocide and promote reconciliation between genocide perpetrators and survivors. Jonathan Jones and Anna Sussman were granted rare access to videotape the proceedings. They also traveled to other parts of the country to investigate underlying ethnic tensions.

Rwanda on Trial

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]]> http://backpackjournalist.org/2008/06/07/missed-a-backpackjournalist-broadcast/feed/ 0 Peace still elusive in Uganda http://backpackjournalist.org/2008/04/12/peace-still-elusive-in-uganda/ http://backpackjournalist.org/2008/04/12/peace-still-elusive-in-uganda/#comments Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:48:33 +0000 anna http://backpackjournalist.org/?p=116 In Uganda, Lord’s Resistance Army commander Joseph Kony continues to delay signing a peace agreement that would end Africa’s longest-running civil war.

Foreign Policy magazine’s blog recommends Jones/Sussman short film “A Civil War Ends?”

“…an amazing short documentary on the conflict that includes an interview with a former top LRA commander who says he has no regrets about his actions:”

]]> http://backpackjournalist.org/2008/04/12/peace-still-elusive-in-uganda/feed/ 0 Crisis in the Congo http://backpackjournalist.org/2007/11/21/crisis-in-the-congo/ http://backpackjournalist.org/2007/11/21/crisis-in-the-congo/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:26:58 +0000 anna http://backpackjournalist.org/2007/11/21/crisis-in-the-congo/ Jonathan Jones tells the story of recovery, rebels and resurgence in Congo’s seemingly endless war in the short video Crisis in North Kivu.

An article on Congo’s escalating war for the San Francisco Chronicle, by Jones and Sussman.

Hundreds of thousands are refugees from Congo ethnic violence

A report by Anna Sussman on PRI’s The World.

Congo military to continue fight with Rwandan rebels (4:30)

And an article and podcast on the rape crisis in the Congo for march cover story of In The Fray, by Jones and Sussman. When Rape Becomes Normal

Below, IDP camps (makeshift camps for people fleeing their villages due to war).

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]]> http://backpackjournalist.org/2007/11/21/crisis-in-the-congo/feed/ 0 The challenges of peace in Burundi http://backpackjournalist.org/2007/10/01/peace-brings-new-problems/ http://backpackjournalist.org/2007/10/01/peace-brings-new-problems/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:27:29 +0000 anna http://backpackjournalist.org/2007/10/01/peace-brings-new-problems/ An article by Anna Sussman on the the importance of justice for women in Burundi’s peace process.  Burundians Say Peace Must Include Tough Rape Laws

And Jonathan Jones writes for the San Francisco Chronicle from Burundi on women recovering from widespread rape during the country’s 13 year civil war. Burundi Rape Victims Face Severe Social Stigmas

A report and podcast on a spate of violent land clashes brought on by a massive influx of refugees returning home to a (for now) peaceful Burundi. Jones and Sussman. Peace at last, but homecoming brings anger

]]> http://backpackjournalist.org/2007/10/01/peace-brings-new-problems/feed/ 0 Carbon Offsetting: how fair is the trade? http://backpackjournalist.org/2007/09/12/greenlight-our-videoto-watch-it-on-tv/ http://backpackjournalist.org/2007/09/12/greenlight-our-videoto-watch-it-on-tv/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2007 03:54:42 +0000 anna http://backpackjournalist.org/2007/09/12/greenlight-our-videoto-watch-it-on-tv/ Jonathan Jones reports from Uganda on the local impact of the global carbon trade. Carbon Neutral

A radio documentary from Uganda about carbon trading currently airing on public radio’s Marketplace. (Field production and web side bar by Anna Sussman)
Greenrush

And Anna Sussman reports for Plenty Magazine
The Carbon Offset Industry is Booming: But How Fair is the Trade?

]]> http://backpackjournalist.org/2007/09/12/greenlight-our-videoto-watch-it-on-tv/feed/ 0 The Search for a Man Eating Crocodile http://backpackjournalist.org/2007/08/27/reporting-from-burundi-uganda/ http://backpackjournalist.org/2007/08/27/reporting-from-burundi-uganda/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:51:46 +0000 anna http://backpackjournalist.org/2007/08/27/reporting-from-burundi-uganda/ Jonathan Jones’ video on the killer Croc of the great lakes…
The Search for Gustave


And Anna Sussman’s report on the Croc for The World
Geo-Quiz Lake Tanganyika

Jonathan Jones boarding a UN helicopter in eastern Congo.

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