Heather Bourbeau
Heather Bourbeau’s reporting has appeared in The Economist and The Financial Times. She was a political affairs officer for the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Liberia, and a special rapporteur for UNICEF Somalia.
South Sudanese soldiers are reported to have attacked civilians and civilian property south and west of the city of Wau since June of this year. Tens of thousands of people have been displaced. Witnesses told the watchdog agency Human Rights Watch that soldiers attacked and shot civilians, burned and looted homes, looted a church and […]
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Rwanda has halted bids from international oil companies aiming to explore Lake Kivu in the East Africa Rift Basin. The government of Rwanda is doing its own geological survey to assess the financial risks of any exploration. The survey involves digging shallow wells 10 meters deep for samples to see if there is any indication […]
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Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and the Polisario Front have accepted a U.N. invitation to hold Western Sahara peace talks in December in Switzerland. Western Sahara is a disputed territory on the upper North African coast, one-fifth controlled by the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and four-fifths controlled by Morocco. It borders Morocco, Algeria and Mauritania. The […]
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In response to new laws in East Africa and restrictions in China, Coca-Cola aims to recycle each bottle it manufactures by 2030, starting with the goal of recycling one-quarter of those bottles by the end of this year. The beverage giant also has plans to open a recycling plant in Kenya, and already operates one […]
Read MoreA Rwandan high court ordered the release on bail of a vocal opponent of Rwandan President Paul Kagame. Diane Rwigara and her mother had been detained since August 2017 when she campaigned against Kagame for president. She was disqualified from the contest and arrested and charged with forgery, evading taxes and inciting insurrection. Her mother […]
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