by Tara Heidger | 27 Dec 2019 | Africa, Human Rights, Terrorism, University of Toronto Journalism Fellows
A governor in Nigeria is recruiting 10,000 hunters to try to accomplish what the army has been unable to do: defeat Boko Haram militants. A Nigerian hunter (Photo by Mohammed Chiroma) MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA — The new governor of Nigeria’s Borno State is turning to a...
by Tara Heidger | 13 Nov 2019 | Africa, Human Rights, University of Toronto Journalism Fellows
Rwanda is expanding a rural development program that is slashing poverty, but at the expense of free choice. Are the benefits worth it? A model village in Rwanda’s Eastern Province that was built in 2016 (Photo by Tara Heidger) Rwanda is tackling poverty...
