CNN International
- Correspondent & Bureau Chief
1996 - 2003
Produced, wrote and reported live on key political transitions and humanitarian crises: the tumultuous included the switch from Zaire to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC); subsequent Rwandan and Ugandan troop involvement in the DRC; mass displacement in northern Uganda; Al Qaeda's attacks in Kenya in 1998 and 2002; Burundi's internal conflict; and the terrible human cost of Ethiopia and Eritrea's border wars. http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/africa/01/19/goma.bond.otsc/index.html
But also reported on the many more subtle shifts and changes taking place in emerging economies and developing societies, covering health and development issues, as well as breakthroughs in scientific research, and entrepreneurial ventures, including innovations in communications technology, mobile banking, and the inner workings of international judicial and financial institutions.
Also reported from: Albania (during the Kosovo crisis), Benin (just after the end of Marxism), Britain (on illegal immigration from Europe), Burundi (on economic ventures and poverty alleviation projects), Cote d'Ivoire (on Liberia's civil wars), the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Oman, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Somaliland, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, the United Arab Emirates (Dubai), Yemen and Zimbabwe.
