selected writing
Congo Hold-Up: "China Built Congo a Toll Road That Led Straight to the Ruling Family." Bloomberg Markets February 3 2022
Congo Hold-Up: "China Cash Flowed Through Congo Bank to Former President’s Cronies." Bloomberg November 28 2021
Congo Hold-Up: "Congo Anti–Graft Chief Says $530 Million Mining Payments Missing." Bloomberg July 22 2020
Congo Hold-Up: "Biggest African Bank Leak Shows Kabila Allies Looted Congo Funds" Bloomberg November 19 2021
"Dubai Can’t Shake Off the Stain of Smuggled African Gold" Bloomberg December 28 2021
"Sanctioned Billionaire Finds a Haven in Tiny Congolese Bank." Bloomberg December 16 2021
“‘This Is Our Land.’” New York Times Jan. 26 2019
“All the President’s Wealth.” Congo Research Group, New York University’s Center for International Cooperation & the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting July 2017. (Thirty-page report and interactive website.)
“With His Family Fortune at Stake, Congo’s President Digs In.” Bloomberg Dec. 15 2016
“Business in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Murky Minerals. How Bad is it?” The Economist May 18 2013
“Rich Man, Poor Country: Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler—a friend of Congo’s president—has amassed a fortune via private deals for mining assets in the world’s most-destitute nation.” Bloomberg Markets magazine Jan. 2013 (Tear sheet)
“What Are They So Scared Of? I’m Just a Little Old Lady. Alison Des Forges, 1942-2009.” Slate Feb. 16 2009
"How do you Make Life in the Shadow of War?" Yale Insights magazine May 9 2016
“Dissent in Congo. An Old Ally of Joseph Kabila leaves the Ruling Party.” The Economist Oct. 6 2015
"Will he, won’t he? Joseph Kabila will not promise to go in 2016, as required by the constitution." The Economist Nov. 29 2014
"A hint of peace: The arrest of a warlord may help a bit to calm down a turbulent region." The Economist Mar. 30 2013
"Congo and Rwanda. Stop messing each other up: The latest rebellion in eastern Congo does no one any good." The Economist July 3 2012
"Will it ever be stable? Another rebellion is brewing in Congo’s lawless east." The Economist May 5 2012
"The Kingmaker is Dead: One of Congo's most influential politicians has died in a plane crash." The Economist Feb. 20 2012
"Mr Copper: A charismatic state governor worries the central government." The Economist Aug. 20 2011
"Congo's east. Still smuggling: A warlord goes about his business." The Economist Feb. 10 2011
"Letter From Goma: An Implausible Savior. Is Rwanda the Only Chance for Peace in Eastern Congo?" Foreign Affairs Apr. 29 2009
"Five Million Dead and Counting: The disaster in Congo is all the more tragic because it was utterly avoidable." Slate Nov. 14 2008
"Window on the Rebels: One man and his radio transmitter are probably the best chance for peace in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo." BBC Focus on Africa magazine June 2008 (Tear sheet)
"Horror Films: New films about Rwanda's genocide grapple with the meaning of an event that for Rwandans themselves is far from resolved." The Boston Globe, Mar. 13 2005
"Never Again? We could be watching Hotel Congo in 2014: Hotel Rwanda and the crisis in DRC." Slate Dec. 31 2004
"Rwanda’s Next Ethnic Cleansing? Reconciliation, Ethnicity, and Repression in Contemporary Rwanda: a commentary on the 10th anniversary of the genocide." Slate Apr. 7 2004