Explainers

I spent nine years in the back of Land Cruisers across East Africa, watching people debate the finer points of international law while my drivers …

I remember sitting in a dusty compound outside Goma in 2012, listening to the crackle of my shortwave radio while a UN convoy sat idling …

I remember sitting in a humid, corrugated metal office in Goma, staring at a satellite feed that promised “security” while the radio crackled with reports …

I remember sitting in a humid, makeshift office in Goma, staring at a map that looked more like a work of fiction than a logistics …

I remember sitting in a dusty compound outside Goma, listening to the crackle of a shortwave radio while a UN official read a press release …

I remember standing at a checkpoint outside Goma in 2014, watching a driver try to explain why his cargo of temperature-sensitive vaccines was sitting in …

I spent most of my years in East Africa watching people try to define humanitarian crises with academic jargon and sweeping statistics, but none of …

I once spent three days sitting in a dust-choked customs office outside Goma, watching a shipment of vaccines rot because the paperwork didn’t match the …

I remember sitting in a humid, windowless office in Goma, staring at a stack of glossy reports that claimed everything was under control while the …