Writers, editors and bloggers behind bars with violent criminals by Daniel Howden Over the last eight years many of Ethiopia’s finest writers and editors have been collected under one roof—that of Kaliti prison in the capital, Addis Ababa. Behind its grey walls, political prisoners, including many of the country’s leading journalists, are housed alongside violent criminals. Among them is Eskinder Nega, the 2012 winner of the prestigious PEN award, granted to international writers who have been persecuted or imprisoned for exercising the right to freedom of expression. The 43-year-old activist was unable to attend the awards ceremony as he was…
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Rwanda: dictatorship and donor darling by Daniel Howden Jaqueline Mukagatete lives somewhere between Rwanda’s past and its future. She shells peas while sitting on the step of what will be, when it is finished, her new concrete house. Only a stone’s throw away is the traditional mud-and-wattle hut where she still sleeps at night. The 32-year-old mother of four says she is proud of the new home and eager to start a new life. The Mukagatetes are among 100 families who have moved to the Kitazigurwa-Ntebe (model village), a two-hour drive outside of Rwanda’s capital, Kigali. It is one of…
