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The Irish Times: Mozambique’s press faces violent reprisals in its war for freedom

April 01, 2018

Maputo, MOZAMBIQUE -- "It’s a stormy evening in Maputo as John Chekwa recalls the night his son was abducted. Chekwa had earlier answered his phone to a chilling message: men were coming for him, and the attack was imminent."

VICE: Plane Crash Investigators Describe the Horrors of Digging Through Wreckage

July 04, 2019

USA -- "Your loved ones certainly would have known something was wrong. The airplane started to do some pretty wild maneuvers, but only really near the end. It would have been in total darkness. And then they would have died instantly.” 

Medium: My Life as a Test Tube Baby

July 11, 2018

London, UK -- "​Everyone talks about IVF babies: people trying to have children, the church, scientists, journalists. Nobody ever thought about IVF teenagers, or IVF adults. But now the early waves of IVF babies are grown, and DNA testing is unexpectedly everywhere — in a form and at an affordability that couldn’t even be imagined when IVF began. I could still discover that I have a dozen or more siblings."

VICE: The Jarring Experience of Learning You Are Donor Conceived

September 21, 2018

"In the beginning my body felt invaded. And I didn’t know who made up the other half of me.”

Simon Cumbers: The Successes and Struggles of an Independent Press

January 15, 2018

Maputo, MOZAMBIQUE -- "For many years, being an independent journalist in Mozambique was like screaming into the wind. Now, there is a tug-of-war happening in the country. It’s not over land or positions of power, but over words. And in Maputo, you’re in the epicentre."

The Irish Times: Uganda moves to meet women’s contraceptive needs

January 16, 2016

Kampala, UGANDA -- "Sheba had an abortion after she became pregnant outside of marriage at 24. Following the procedure, the staff at a Marie Stopes clinic in Uganda advised her to use contraception. She chose not to, although she doesn’t want children yet. She has heard myths about contraception..."

The Irish Times: Lack of clarity in Ugandan abortion legislation ‘costing women’s lives’

January 15, 2016

Kampala, UGANDA -- "At a clinic in Kampala, a young man is asking about abortion pills. He wants them for his 20-year-old girlfriend, who is 10 weeks pregnant."

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