One day not so long ago, I woke up and there was no power in my home. That meant no water for a bath and no way to cook breakfast. My building in Lusaka, Zambia, does not have a generator, and the landlord has not yet been convinced of the value of solar panels. I …
Earlier this week, we went on a speed date — yes, a real speed date — with some of the most talented change-makers from the developing world. It's the quirky way the Aspen Institute, an international leadership organization, introduces the global development champions from their New Voices Fellowship to the U.S. media every year. Journalists get 7 …
Joel Cherope, a young farmer from Kapchorwa in eastern Uganda had four tons of cabbage, and the best market was hundreds of miles away in Sudan. It took him a week to get to Sudan instead of the usual 24 hours because the vehicle he hired was barely functional and the roads were in bad …
Throughout the Ebola crisis, pages and pages were written about the good work done by foreign missions like Médecins Sans Frontières and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Ebola deaths weresensationalised in the media but the African doctors and nurses who shouldered the greatest burden of the death toll were noticeably absent. It was refreshing to read a …
Just as mass protests were beginning at various campuses across South Africa, a fracas broke out among leading advocates at the country’s Bar. Leading human rights lawyer Richard Spoor was questioned about his decision to argue an important case on silicosis with an overwhelmingly white and male team. Spoor suggested he had little choice, arguing that “we only brief exceptional counsel,” including juniors …