Journalists Who Cover ISW

Usman Abba Zanna

Maiduguri, Nigeria

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Usman Abba Zanna is a multimedia journalist based in Maiduguri, Nigeria. He covers humanitarian crises, conflict, development and peace related stories in the LakeChad region. He is a media and conflict management consultant. Producing photography and video documentary contents to tell compelling ...

Nalova Akua

Yaounde, Cameroon

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Nalova Akua is 2022 winner of the Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling. The award which honours up-and-coming journalists in Africa who strive to strengthen people's voices and improve their well-being came with a reporting grant and a two-week internship at The Economist ...

Alicia Alamillos

Madrid, Spain

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Alicia Alamillos is a journalist and fixer based in Madrid, Spain. Former Middle East correspondent for ABC newspaper, based in Cairo, Egypt. Former Subsaharan Africa correspondent and editor for EFE News Agency based in Nairobi, Kenya. With experience working for print, online and radio. Breaking ...

Justina Asishana

Minna, Nigeria

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Justina Asishana is a data/investigative journalist based in Minna, Nigeria. She is also a fact checker and a health and nutrition advocate. She is currently the Niger state Correspondent for The Nation Newspaper in Nigeria. She is open for work in any part of Nigeria

Mana Balagbogbo

Abuja, Nigeria

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Mana Balagbogbo is a Nigerian broadcast journalist, political correspondent, and field reporter with over a decade of experience in television, radio, and on-the-ground reporting. Based in Kogi State, he currently serves as Correspondent for News Central TV, covering politics, governance, security, ...

Sophie Douce

Paris, France

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Sophie Douce is a French freelance journalist. She has been reporting in West Africa for 8 years. She previously worked as a correspondent in Burkina Faso, Niger and Senegal. She writes stories, produces radio broadcasts and podcasts. 

Her work has been published in several international media, ...

Piotr Drabik

Warsaw, Poland

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Piotr Drabik - journalist with more than 10 years’ experience in media - in newspaper (“Dziennik Polski”), news television (TVN24), and radio (Radio ZET). Now he's working in RadioZET.pl, where I’m a part of the news team, and I'm a managing editor of a weekend online magazine. Moreover, from ...

Paul Ejime

Abuja (F.c.t.), Nigeria

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Paul Ejime is a Global Affairs Analyst and publisher of **** A widely traveled journalist, former War Correspondent and author, he is an independent Consultant on Communications and Media development and Governance Issues, such as peace and security and elections.

Jelena Jankovic

Belgrade, Serbia

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JElena JAnkovic is a journalist based in Beograd, Serbia.

Francis Kokutse

Accra, Ghana

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Francis Kokutse is a journalist based in Accra, Ghana.

Hassan Maina Kaina

Abuja, Nigeria

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Hassan Maina Kaina is a journalist based in Abuja, Nigeria.

Iryna Matviyishyn

Kyiv, Ukraine

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Independent Ukrainian journalist, local producer/ fixer based in Kyiv. 2024 Václav Havel Fellow at RFE/RL.
Iryna has produced stories for NPR, Time magazine, The Times, Le Figaro, La Vie, La Presse, Tribune de Genève, Dispatch, and other outlets. As a reporter, she has contributed to the BBC, La ...

Ruona Meyer

Ikeja, Nigeria

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Ruona Meyer is an academic researcher, media trainer and journalist based in Lagos, Nigeria and Trier, Germany.
She specialises in multimedia journalism production, project management, curriculum development and consults on the fields of solutions journalism, diversity, equity and inclusion, as ...

Abubakar Muktar Abba

Maiduguri, Nigeria

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Investigative journalist and field reporter focused on conflict, displacement, extremism, and human-rights stories across Northeast Nigeria and the Lake Chad region. I document underreported realities through survivor testimony, on-the-ground reporting, and data-driven analysis. Experienced in ...

Muhammad Nasir Sokoto

Sokoto, Nigeria

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Muhammad Nasir Sokoto is a journalist based in Sokoto, Nigeria.

Aliide Naylor

Moskva, Russia

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British journalist, editor, and researcher. Work published in the Guardian, POLITICO Europe, New Statesman, Vice, The Moscow Times, and New Eastern Europe. 

Now primarily in London/Baltics but open to Russia-based commissions with the appropriate arrangements.

Samuel Okocha

Ikeja, Nigeria

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Samuel Okocha is a Nigeria-based multimedia producer, feature writer and independent journalist covering business and economy in Africa’s most populous country.

With over 15 years of experience in broadcast journalism, he began as a news editor with Nigeria’s external radio service, working as a ...

Francis Okoye

Onitsha, Nigeria

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Francis Okoye is an International Journalist  based in Nigeria.
1. A Bimla Misra Memorial Health Fellowship CNS Health Fellow 2016-2017.
2. Awarded  as one of 3 best Correspondence of Citizen News Service 2016.
3. Over 300 published articles in print and online media since 1990, ranging from ...

Tonny Onyulo

Nairobi, Kenya

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Tonny Onyulo is a freelance print and broadcast journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. He reports across Africa. He has worked for both local and international media, including Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC), County Newspaper in Nairobi, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, USA Today, ...

Femi Owolabi

Lagos, Nigeria

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Since my interest is in security and crisis-related matters, my goal is to pursue a transnational investigative journalism career, one that allows for investigative journalism missions into different countries where valuable information on security and conflict will be unearthed and widely ...

Ugo Poletti

Odesa, Ukraine

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Ugo Poletti is a publisher and journalist based in Odessa, Ukraine.

Founder and Editor-in-Chief of “The Odessa Journal” (TOJ), digital media platform about culture, history, social and business life in Odessa, the hub of Ukrainian port system and cultural capital of Black Sea region. TOJ is also a ...

Salvatore Riela

Rome, Italy

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Salvatore Riela is a journalist based in Italy. He spends his time developing an understanding of the dynamics that shape international relations, paying close attention to the geopolitical and economic factors underlying contemporary conflicts. He began writing articles for small local newspapers, ...

Griffin Shea

Johannesburg, South Africa

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I worked for 13 years as a journalist at Agence France-Presse, with lengthy postings in Washington, Harare, Bangkok and Johannesburg. I've worked in about two dozen countries on four continents, covering everything from elections to coups, wars and peace talks, the World Cup and Mandela's funeral. ...

Thibault Spirlet

London, United Kingdom

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Thibault Spirlet is a London-based journalist specialising in human rights. He has worked for the likes of @Daily_Express, @factal, @POLITICOEurope & 
@AFP on subjects ranging from US/European politics to the Russia-Ukraine war. Since leaving his latest job as news reporter at Daily Express, he ...