Tracking surveillance planes and drones in Somalia
We used an antenna to track surveillance planes that were flying over Somalia, analysing massive amounts of data to find out a few planes flying in perfect circles.…
Diversity in media outlets that report on Africa
International newsrooms that report on Africa are often full of white journalists (and I’m one of them). But just how white or how ethnically diverse are they?…
Israeli mercenaries in Cameroon
Over the past two decades, Israeli mercenaries have been training the BIR, an elite unit of the Cameroonian army. Their names were mostly kept secret. The BIR are…
Ebola business in Congo
I looked at militarisation and mismanagement (‘Ebola Business’) in the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of Congo through several articles. One…