The global south is littered with what the British might call “dead parrots,” (referring to the Monty Python sketch about the Norwegian Blue parrot that was “an ex-parrot”). These dead parrots are the shells of half-built or crumbling edifices that were planned as schools, clinics or the headquarters of charities. Someone, somewhere in the global north once […]

The death of Queen Elizabeth II had a global impact, and for many people it marked the end of an era. In this troubled and changing world, it was important to witness continuity, while all else is unsettled. The perfectly choreographed military processions and the ritual were comforting, as well as visually impressive. Millions around the world tuned into […]

A sixteen-year-old girl named Veronique is the reason why I started Network for Africa. I met her on the first afternoon of my first trip to Rwanda in 2004. My colleagues and I were visiting an orphanage for children who had lost their families in the genocide, ten years before. The man running the orphanage […]