Sudan: How to Throw an Election
My new article, published yesterday in Slate, looks at the twisted politics behind Sudan’s recent election. Check it out.
View ArticleAtrocity in Kampala
There’s a reason so many Westerners – tourists and humanitarians alike – visit Uganda in such numbers, and it goes beyond the stunning variety of natural wonders and the equally stunning toll of HIV...
View ArticleGratified in Gotham
I’m very pleased that The Black Nile has been named one of the Village Voice’s Best Books of 2010, joining the likes of Patti Smith, Milan Kundera, Jennifer Egan, and The Anthology of Rap. This comes...
View ArticleThe Dam Bursts in Egypt
I’m not in Egypt, and I wish I was. Here’s a piece I wrote for Slate.com on the exhilarating and hard-won freedom from fear that has overtaken hundreds of thousands of Egyptians. Meanwhile, as the...
View ArticleMeet the Bernie Madoff of Sudan
There’s an old saying in Darfur that goes: Kalash au bilash; Kalash begim al kash. Translation: “You’re trash without a Kalashnikov; get some cash with a Kalashnikov.” My newest story at Slate.com is...
View ArticleSudan Cracks Up
My four-day series on the coming breakup of Sudan in Slate magazine has received good notices from the likes of The Village Voice, The Browser, Bobby Ghosh of Time magazine, Microkhan, and the...
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