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Reed Brody, My Life As A Despot Hunter
Worldcrunch.com / L'OBS NEW YORK — Surrounded by Chadian soldiers, Reed Brody makes his way up the front steps of an abandoned colonial building in the center of N’Djamena, Chad's capital city. He...
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The Sorry State Of Egypt's Slow-Growth Telecom Sector
Worldcrunch.com / MADA MASR CAIRO — Etisalat, the smallest of Egypt's three telecom companies, has gone no-holds-barred in its latest challenge to Vodaphone, "borrowing" one of the latter's former...
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Ethiopia's Ambitious Goal To Go Green
Worldcrunch.com / LE MONDE MEKELLE — Kindeya Redaie has no electricity in his house, but he bought two steers with the money the state gave him in exchange for the right to put a wind turbine on his...
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What Is Killing Egypt’s Political Prisoners?
Worldcrunch.com / MADA MASR CAIRO — In the past two months, at least five people have died in Egyptian police custody after being arrested on politically related charges. Four of the detainees...
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A Trip To Rehab With Zanzibar’s Heroin Addicts
Worldcrunch.com / LE MONDE DAR ES SALAAM — Sitting on a stone bench, in a shaded back alley of the historical center of Stone Town, the capital of the Zanzibar archipelago, Ali Nassor Ali is making...
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When Treatment Fails In Cairo, There's Always Exorcism
Worldcrunch.com / MADA MASR CAIRO — Aisha's family has tried everything to cure her of the crushing headaches that ruin her days and the violent, swirling images that haunt her at night. “At first, we...
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Odyssey Of An African Refugee, 50 Years And Counting
Worldcrunch.com / L'OBS MASSY — He greets his guests in his uniform: a navy-blue blazer, a striped tie, a baseball cap he "bought at a local supermarket," and a set of keys attached to a red cord. For...
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The Muslim Brotherhood In Ruins, Split Between Peace And Jihad
Worldcrunch.com / MADA MASR CAIRO — Since more than 1,000 people were killed at protest camps in August 2013, the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood has become the subject of a state-sponsored crackdown....
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Inside The Doping Crisis Facing Kenya’s Legendary Runners
Worldcrunch.com / LE MONDE ITEN — On the eve of their departure for this week's Athletics World Championships in Beijing, Kenya's marathon runners were gathered for a goodbye luncheon organized by the...
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An Egyptian Novelist’s Passion For Hebrew
Worldcrunch.com / MADA MASR “It would have been more fitting for us to speak either Arabic or Turkish in this gathering today, especially given the common cultural heritage we share. There should have...
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Urban Gardening Takes Root In Egypt
Worldcrunch.com / MADA MASR CAIRO — Interested in planting summer vegetables such as pepper, zucchini or molokhia? Now is just about the right time of year to plant, says Hany El Khodary, head of...
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The Poop On How Rwanda Turned Prison Feces Into Energy
Worldcrunch.com / LE MONDE RWAMAGANA — They’re sitting on the floor in close ranks, facing the door. There’s about a hundred of them. In their orange uniforms, most of them barefooted, the convicts...
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Morocco News, 5 Stories Making Headlines At Home
Worldcrunch.com / TAKE 5 This week we shine the spotlight on Morocco: POLIO FREE Decades after a major vaccination program, the World Health Organization (WHO) has finally declared Morocco free of...
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In Central Tunisia, Birthplace Of Arab Spring Now Jihad Hotbed
Worldcrunch.com / LE MONDE SIDI ALI BEN AOUN — Ali Chadli opens his eyes wide, incredulous even now. No, he had no idea his sons were planning to leave for Syria, where they eventually died. "They...
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Amnesty International Blasts Egypt, Says Sisi Pardons Just A Guise
Worldcrunch.com / MADA MASR CAIRO — Human rights organization Amnesty International has advised the international community not to be fooled by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's "veneer of reform and...
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How Vatican Funding Cuts Weigh On The Faithful In Africa
Worldcrunch.com / SYFIA INTERNATIONAL IDIOFA — “We’re in a slump," is the polite expression from the local priest in this parish in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The...
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African Cashew Farmers Cash In On Lactose-Intolerant Americans
Worldcrunch.com / BLOOMBERG NEWS ABIDJAN — The West African country is poised to surpass India as the world's top grower of cashews. Ivory Coast output has tripled in the past decade, including a jump...
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Congolese Teens Fall Prey To Lure Of Sports Gambling
Worldcrunch.com / SYFIA INTERNATIONAL MATADI — Elie Luemba says her youngest son fooled her and her husband for far too long. "We used to give him a little money every morning to buy himself donuts at...
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Exclusive: Egypt Military Officers Convicted Of Muslim Brotherhood Coup
Worldcrunch.com / MADA MASR CAIRO — The defendants faced a number of major charges, including attempting a military coup, terrorism and joining the Muslim Brotherhood, as well as attempting to...
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The Torrid History Of Sex In Arab Films
Worldcrunch.com / MADA MASR CAIRO — In 1929, Egypt's Interior Ministry banned Wedad Orfi's Masat al-Hayah ("The Tragedy of Life"). "The story as we saw it revels in self-indulgence, overshadowing the...
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