Journalists Who Cover Security and insurgency

Akeem Alao

Ikeja, Nigeria

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Akeem Alao is a Lagos-based freelance journalist and language instructor.

He works at Parkchester Times, The Naija News and Edugist.

He also writes opinions media platforms. He can write fluently in English and Yoruba languages.

Ahmad Algohbary

Sana'a, Yemen

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Freelance Yemeni journalist | Emmy & Sheffield nominee | OJAs winner | Covering Yemen/ME impartially | Press freedom advocate.

Mohamed Ali

Nairobi, Kenya

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Mohamed Ali is a journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Kiyya Baloch

Quetta, Pakistan

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Kiyya Baloch is a freelance journalist from Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province. He contributed to the Guardian, the Economist, Al Jazeera, the Diplomat Magazine and Daily Times. Baloch has more than six years’ experience working with various national and international media outlets ...

Ushar Daniele

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Ushar Daniele is an Asia correspondent for the South China Morning Post, based in Kuala Lumpur. With more than a decade of experience across print, television and digital journalism, she reports on politics, geopolitics, security, climate and regional affairs across Southeast Asia. Known for sharp ...

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 ...

Umer Farooq

Peshawar, Pakistan

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Umar Farooq is a multimedia journalist based in Peshawar, Pakistan. He has extensive experience working in conflict zones. He has expertise in reporting on Pakistan-Afghan-US affairs and militancy۔

Katarina Höije

Bamako, Mali

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Katarina Höije is an independent journalist based between West Africa and Scandinavia.

She has contributed to outlets such as the New York Times, The Guardian, Christian Science Monitor, VICE, CNN and the BBC. She has filed regularly to France24 and RFI and she is a frequent contributor to Voice ...

Caleb Jacob

Kano, Nigeria

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Caleb Jacob is a journalist based in Kano, Nigeria.

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 ...

Byobe Malenga

Kinshasa, Congo The Democratic Republic

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Byobe Malenga is a seasoned trilingual journalist with over 14 years of experience in journalism and media. Based in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, he serves as an International Multimedia producer in Kinshasa DRC. His expertise extends to grant development through journalism, and he ...

Niranjan Marjani

Vadodara, India

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Niranjan Marjani is a journalist based in Vadodara, India.

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 ...

Thulasi Muttulingam

Jaffna, Sri Lanka

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Thulasi Muttulingam is a journalist based in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

Her main passion is post-war reporting. Sri Lanka ended its 30 year civil war in 2009 with the decimation of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a guerrilla army fighting for an independent homeland for the country's ethnic ...

Bolaji Ogundele

Abuja (F.c.t.), Nigeria

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Bolaji Ogundele is a journalist based in Abuja (F.c.t.), Nigeria and is currently the State House Correspondent of The Nation Newspaper, one of the most read Nigerian national dailies. He has practiced journalism for 23 years, starting his practice with the Nigerian Tribune in January 2002 as a cub ...

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 ...

Samson Omale

Jos, Nigeria

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Samson Omale is a Multimedia Broadcast journalist based in Jos and Abuja, Nigeria.

Tanbirul Miraj Ripon

Chattogram, Bangladesh

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Tanbirul Miraj Ripon is a Bangladeshi independent journalist and film producer who has worked with AFP, The Economist, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, CNN, The New Humanitarian, NBC, EPA, and at least five others.
 
He regularly covers Rohingya Refugees, Conflict, Politics, Human Rights, ...

Taha Sakr

Cairo Governorate, Egypt

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Taha Sakr is a journalist based in Cairo Governorate, Egypt.

Taha Sakr is a political affairs journalist / news reporter, born in Saudi Arabia in 1992 who studied media and journalism in English language at the Faculty of Mass Communication at Cairo University.

Sakr’s experience extends for ...

Mbom Sixtus

Yaounde, Cameroon

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Mbom Sixtus is a journalist based in Yaounde, Cameroon. He has worked as a general assignment reporter for 11 years. He is currently employed at the Cameroon News and Publishing Corporation but available to work from remote locations- stringer, correspondent or fixer.

He has written stories for ...

João Vissesse

Luanda, Angola

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João Vissesse is a journalist.