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Writing about Africa – in defence of more journalistic inspiration for academic writing

Posted on September 15, 2017 by trmdrag

In a contribution for a book on Africa’s media image in the 21st century, Michela Wrong provides a strong defence of Western journalists writing about Africa. One of her expertly made arguments concerns the different roles academics and journalists may … Continue reading →

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The politics of academic smear campaigns: reflections on a recent article about Eritrean trafficking networks in a Dutch newspaper

Posted on April 19, 2017 by trmdrag

A few weeks ago I was asked by a journalist from the Volkskrant, a highly respected Dutch newspaper that I used to read when living in the Netherlands myself, to provide comments on the then still embargoed study on Eritrean … Continue reading →

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Media reporting from the global fringes – observations from Eritrea and beyond

Posted on November 1, 2015 by trmdrag

Over the last three decades or so, I often found myself in places, first in Nicaragua in the 1980s and then in the Horn of Africa, that I would not have recognized when listening to international media reports. Even in … Continue reading →

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Wind turbines and a wink at human rights: Angela Merkel welcomes al-Sisi

Posted on June 3, 2015 by trmdrag

Quite unprecedented scenes took place at a German press conference on Wednesday 3 June when Angela Merkel and her foreign visitor, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, appeared in front of the media. Already a first glance at the various media … Continue reading →

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