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September 07, 2017 | The New Statesman
The War on Poaching
More than 1,100 rhinos were killed for their horns in Africa in 2016. Quasi-military conservation units are trying to stop the slaughter.
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September 01, 2017 | Field Notes
White Rhinos: The Final Hope
Kelsey Emery travels to South Africa to report on rhinoceros poaching and conservation efforts in a game reserve.
August 31, 2017 | Field Notes
South African Veterinarian Works to Save Wildlife from Poaching
Throughout the Eastern Cape, world-renowned wildlife vet Dr. William Fowlds is using education and community involvement as tools to save the rhinos in the fight for conservation.
August 31, 2017 | Field Notes
A Nuclear Revival in Ghana
A science village—and Ghana's nuclear dreams—are reborn in the wake of a landmark effort in nonproliferation.
August 31, 2017 | Science Magazine
U.S.-China Mission Rushes Bomb-Grade Nuclear Fuel Out of Africa
Overcoming spying allegations and years of enmity, U.S. and Chinese nuclear scientists team up to neutralize proliferation risks around the world.
August 29, 2017 | Pulitzer Center
Wildlife Poaching Could Mean the End of Conservation
With the white rhino population quickly declining, South Africa must unite in the battle against poaching or else the need for wildlife conservation could become obsolete.
August 14, 2017 | Field Notes
Ethiopia to Djibouti: A Journey Along the New Beijing-Backed Ethiopia-Djibouti Rail
We spent a week following the rail from Addis Ababa, where China is leading an urban renaissance, to Djibouti, where it's building its first overseas military base.
August 10, 2017 | Field Notes
Kenya: Watching Chinese TV on the Savannah
We traveled to Kajiado, Kenya, to find that China's effort to win African hearts and minds has been paying off.
August 09, 2017 | Field Notes
Ghana: A Hunt for the Chinese Machines
We heard that Chinese entrepreneurs had sparked a gambling epidemic in Ghana, and found a bigger problem than we imagined.
August 08, 2017 | Los Angeles Times
One-armed Bandits Hit the Savanna: Inside the Chinese-led Gambling Epidemic in Rural Ghana
In 2016, Chinese entrepreneurs began installing slot machines throughout rural Ghana. Critics blame the machines for an apparent epidemic of gambling addiction and other social ills.
August 07, 2017 | Los Angeles Times
'China Has Conquered Kenya': Inside Beijing's New Strategy to Win African Hearts and Minds
Beijing has invested billions in “soft power” campaigns to convince the world that China is a cultural and political success story. Now it's backing it with digital infrastructure in Africa.
August 05, 2017 | Los Angeles Times
China Says It Built a Railway in Africa Out of Altruism, But It's More Strategic Than That
The first in a series of reports on a massive program of Chinese investment that is reshaping Africa.
July 14, 2009 | Project news
Context Africa: A Year in the Life of a Refugee
Pulitzer Center grantee Mary Wiltenburg talks about her work for Christian Science Monitor on “Little Bill Clinton,” a refugee displaced by the conflicts in Congo and Rwanda, currently living in Atlanta, Georgia.
July 02, 2009 | Project news
Marco Vernaschi named finalist in international photo competition
Pulitzer-supported photojournalist Marco Vernaschi was among 10 finalists selected at the Ojo de Pez Award for Human Values, a major international photography competition, for his in-depth examination of the illegal activity within Guinea Bissau, "West Africa's New Achilles' Heel." He and his fellow finalists were chosen from 620 entries.
June 30, 2009 | Awards
Michael Kavanagh Wins Radio Writing Award
Michael Kavanagh is a winner of the Radio-Television News Director's Association Edward R. Murrow Awards. Michael's recognition comes in the Radio Network/Syndication Service Writing category for a World Vision Report broadcast that is part of his Pulitzer Center project, The Roots of Ethnic Conflict in Eastern DRC.
June 25, 2009 | Awards
Michael Kavanagh is a Finalist for Prestigious Radio Award
Michael Kavanagh's "A Call to Rebels," which aired on NPR's On the Media and is part of his The Roots of Ethnic Conflict in Eastern DRC reporting project, is a finalist in the New York Festivals Radio Programming and Promotion Awards. The recognition comes in the Best Special Report category.
For 52 years the New York Festivals Radio Programming and Promotions Awards has recognized The World's Best Work in radio broadcasting.
June 12, 2009 | News Points
Water for the World: Senate hurdles, global challenge
Jon Sawyer, Pulitzer Center
June 02, 2009 | Project news
Michael Kavanagh Invited to Ischia Awards
April 27, 2009 | News Points
Ethiopia: Water wars, or peace?
Jon Sawyer, Pulitzer Center
April 17, 2009 | News Points
Ethiopia: The Garden of Urine
Jon Sawyer, Pulitzer Center
March 27, 2009 | News Points
For women, girls and water, it's donkey's work
Jon Sawyer, Pulitzer Center
Two weeks of briefings and field interviews on water and sanitation, first in Istanbul at the World Water Forum and then in Ethiopia, leave three indelible impressions.
March 24, 2009 | News Points
On water, individuals making a difference
Jon Sawyer, Pulitzer Center
Population Services International (PSI), the non-profit long known for its international distribution of condoms, is all about prevention – which is why PSI is now a big player on clean water, too.
March 22, 2009 | News Points
Talking Water: Voices from Istanbul
Jon Sawyer, Pulitzer Center
This dispatch was featured on the St. Louis Beacon's online publication on 3-23-09 as an Editor's Pick.
ISTANBUL, Turkey – An international gathering devoted to water's dominant role in global disease and health was rich in rhetoric and sparse on anything in the way of tangible policy breakthroughs.
February 16, 2009 | News Points
Alison des Forges
Jon Sawyer, Pulitzer Center
Alison des Forges, the Human Rights Watch researcher and Rwanda scholar who was killed in the crash of a commuter plane near Buffalo last Thursday night, touched so many people in so many different ways. For those of us who did not know her in person perhaps the best tribute we can give is to learn her story, to understand the profound difference one individual can make, and to follow her lead.