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Tristan McConnell

To understand Mozambique’s insurgency look at local unrest, not global jihad

What began as a homegrown Islamic protest movement in the country’s north is metastasizing, along with the crisis it created.

By Tristan McConnell

To understand Mozambique’s insurgency look at local unrest, not global jihad

World

The judges who defied the president: why Kenya’s election is being rerun

By Tristan McConnell

Business and Finance

The downfall of Yang Fenglan, the “Ivory Queen”

By Tristan McConnell

Culture

Casualties of war in the world’s newest country

By Tristan McConnell

Long reads

Thorn of Africa

Mogadishu is a shattered city, but fragments of its old beauty remain, says Tristan McConnell.

By Tristan McConnell

Hard times for the wabenzi

Are the days numbered for Kenya’s wabenzi, the Big Men who cruise the potholed roads, cushioned from the bone-shaking…

By Tristan McConnell

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