Jocelyne Sambira
Jocelyne Sambira is a UN staff member and writer for Africa Renewal in New York. She previously served in the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan from 2007-2009 as a radio producer. She moved there from Kenya where she had been reporting for the UN humanitarian news agency, IRIN, in the Great Lakes region and Northern Uganda since 2002. Jocelyne began her career as a radio producer in the thick of a civil war in her native Burundi. She holds a Masters in Science in Digital Media from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism (2014).
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Empowering change: Safeguarding women in Sierra Leone
- A discussion with the First Lady of Sierra Leone, Fatima Maada Bio
Fighting gender-based violence and early marriages
- A discussion with the First Lady of Sierra Leone, Fatima Maada Bio
Financing Africa＊s development agenda
〞 Carlos Lopes
Financing Africa＊s development agenda
〞 Carlos Lopes
New bond issue set to help Africa go ＆green＊
A way of bankrolling a clean energy revolution
Borrowing responsibly: Africa＊s debt challenge
Countries may be borrowing too much and too fast
Hunting for Eurobonds
Views split on sub-Saharan Africa＊s debut in the international markets
Influencing policy is ＆not a numbers game＊
More women in Africa enter public office, but still wield little power
Tapping migration wealth to fund development
African diaspora remittances can reduce poverty
Africa Wired
Simple invention brokers peace between humans and wildlife
Japan: Africa＊s subtle but effective partner
Interview with JICA President, Akihiko Tanaka
Africa＊s mobile youth drive change
Cell phones reshape youth cultures
Counterfeit drugs raise Africa＊s temperature
Profits too high, penalties too low to stop crime
Rwanda genocide survivors struggle to rebuild their lives
Genocide can happen anywhere, says Jacqueline Murekatete, a survivor
＆Take away the guns,＊ women tell UN envoy
Reforms needed to stop war-time sex crimes, says Zainab Bangura
Stabilizing Somalia: a new chapter begins
A ※make or break§ point for the country＊s new leaders
Reconstructive surgery brings hope to survivors of genital cutting
New advances can give women more normal lives
New HIV infections are falling dramatically in Africa
People with the disease are also living longer and better
Burundi＊s push for universal education
Enrolment rates at an all time high, but challenges remain
＆Inspire change, make every day a Mandela Day＊
Africans celebrate Nelson Mandela International Day
Northern Mali＊s ＆city of saints＊ suffers rebel fury
Destruction of Timbuktu mausoleums is ※repugnant,§ says UN