Journalists Who Cover Africa geopolitics

Mawahib Abdallatif

Khartoum, Sudan

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Mawahib Abdallatif is a journalist based in Khartoum, Sudan.


I am Mawahib Ibrahim Abdallatif, a Sudanese journalist and media professional with over two decades of experience in political reporting, news production, and peacebuilding communications. I currently work as the Sudan Correspondent ...

Mohamed Ahmed

Kampala, Uganda

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Mohamed Ahmed – Freelance Journalist | Multimedia Producer

I’m a Sudanese freelance journalist, multimedia producer, and refugee based in Kampala, Uganda, with over six years of experience. I report on conflict, displacement, and human rights in Sudan and East Africa, blending investigative ...

Adrian Blomfield

Nairobi, Kenya

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Adrian Blomfield is available for comment and analysis on developments in eastern, central and the horn of Africa, the Middle East and the former Soviet Union. Over the past 16 years he has been based in Nairobi, Baghdad, Moscow and Jerusalem. Adrian held the following positions over that time:

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Alan Boswell

Nairobi, Kenya

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Alan Boswell is an experienced Africa correspondent and analyst based in Nairobi, Kenya, currently writing a book on South Sudan.

Manuel Camalata

Luanda, Angola

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Manuel Camalata is an Angolan journalist, residing in Luanda (Angola) with about 10 years of experience, with stints in various bodies between Angolans and foreigners, with emphasis on newspaper, Radio, Magazines and webjournalist.

Yunis Dekow

Garissa, Kenya

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Yunis Dekow is a seasoned journalist with over a decade of experience in news and media planning, production, management, and distribution for both local and international media. Currently, he serves as the Treasurer of the Crime Journalists Association of Kenya and the Secretary General of ...

Gerald Drißner

Berlin, Germany

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Growing up in a working-class family in the Austrian Alps taught me one thing: every person, place, and balance sheet has a story. My work as a journalist, author, and ghostwriter is to find it and tell it well.

Finding these stories means embracing both the old and the new. I use the latest ...

Maurizio Geri

Washington, United States of America

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Maurizio Geri is a freelance journalist, also Italian Navy lieutenant reservist POLAD and EU Marie Curie Postdoc fellow 2024/2026 (2024 at GMU in Washington DC, 2025 at GMF and VUB in Brussels, 2026 at Ca’ Foscari University in Venice) to research the EU-NATO cooperation in Emerging Disruptive ...

Mohamed Jibril

Mogadishu, Somalia

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Mohamed Jibril is a journalist covering politics, humanitarian and security. He has been in the media for nearly a decade. He is expertise in communication. 

Mohamed has written for several national and international publications with a focus on humanitarian and development. He holds a degree in ...

Dorian Jones

İstanbul, Turkey

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I have been reporting from Turkey for 25 years for TV, radio and print. I can compile radio and TV packages ready for broadcast. I am experienced at live reporting for radio and to camera. I work for a variety outlets including BBC Sky News, Deutsche Welle, CBC and VOA.

Robert Kodingo

Nairobi, Kenya

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Margaret Atwood once wrote, 'A word after a word after a word is power.' I live and work by this truth, blending over a decade of expertise in mass communications, journalism, strategic communications, international affairs, sustainability, market systems development, and peace and security. My ...

Luciana Leitao

Macao, Macau

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Luciana Leitao, 34 years old, is a Portuguese journalist based in Macao, Macau, since 2007.

After finishing a bachelor degree in Law,  she pursued a vocational training in Journalism, in CENJOR (Lisbon), that was completed with an internship in the Portuguese national daily newspaper Diário de ...

Mwangi Maina

Nairobi, Kenya

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Mwangi Maina is a Multimedia journalist working for KTN News, Kenya's leading 24 Hour TV Channel in Eastern Africa as a Content Producer. I cover topics ranging from Politics, Regional affairs (Africa's Great Lakes Region), Media Freedom, Fake news as well as human interest stories. I also write ...

Niranjan Marjani

Vadodara, India

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Niranjan Marjani is a journalist based in Vadodara, India.

Michael Masrie

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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I am an award-winning Ethiopian journalist, analyst, and author with over a decade of experience at the intersection of journalism, diplomacy, and international affairs. As a seasoned correspondent and contributor, I specialize in political economy, geopolitics, and global governance, offering ...

Elias Meseret

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Elias Meseret is a journalist based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He is the Correspondent for the Associated Press and the German news agency, dpa. Elias also freelances for The Africa Report magazine and many other news outlets, both local and international. He has more than seven years of experience ...

Wellington Muzengeza

Nairobi, Kenya

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I am an independent journalist and political-risk analyst specialising in African digital sovereignty, strategic infrastructure and critical minerals. I am the founder of Built Africa, a Research Fellow at the Africa Centre for Critical Minerals and Energy Transition (ACCET), and author of The ...

Raul Pires

Lisbon, Portugal

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Raul Pires is a journalist based in Lisbon, Portugal.

David Rennie

Washington, United States of America

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David Rennie is a journalist based in Washington, United States of America.

Abdikarim Salah

Hargeisa, Somalia

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Abdikarim Saed Salah is a seasoned journalist based in Hargeisa, Somaliland, with extensive experience in television broadcasting and program production, I am also a multimedia journalist who can record videos, edit and create complete content and I also have experience managing social media.
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Ramananda Sengupta

Bengaluru, India

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I'm a journalist. editor and marketing communications professional based in Bengaluru, India. Over the past quarter century, I've written extensively on diverse subjects ranging from air shows to defence expos, parenting to politics, rock stars to religion, and reviewed cars, books and gadgets. But ...

Sira Thierij

Dakar, Senegal

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Sira is an independent journalist based in Dakar, Senegal, covering West Africa and beyond for anglophone and German media. She has over five years’ experience working for international news organisations across two dozen countries, including in hostile environments. Sira shoots and edits video, ...

Samuel Woodhams

London, United Kingdom

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Samuel Woodhams is a Researcher at the digital rights group and VPN comparison website, Top10VPN. Based in London, United Kingdom, he writes at the intersection of technology and politics, with a particular focus on internet shutdowns, digital rights and disinformation. His work has been featured ...