Here’s what motivates people to host refugees Leonid Peisakhin, Nik Stoop, and Peter van der Windt - June 19, 2024 Empathy is what drives people to host the displaced, our study found.
What happens to childhood vaccine rates in conflict zones? This analysis found some surprises. Olga Shemyakina, Marijke Verpoorten, Henrik Urdal, Gudrun Østby, and Andreas Forø Tollefsen - February 2, 2022 We examined more than 200,000 records in 15 African countries
After a violent election, Uganda’s government faces three big challenges Kristof Titeca and Anna Reuss - February 15, 2021 President Yoweri Museveni’s recent criticism of ‘Western elements’ could complicate his reliance on foreign donors
How Joseph Kony’s notorious Lord’s Resistance Army uses photographs as weapons Kristof Titeca - December 8, 2019 For decades, the Ugandan warlord has evaded capture. These rarely seen pictures have helped.
I testified at the trial of one of Joseph Kony’s commanders. Here’s what the court didn’t understand. Kristof Titeca - January 17, 2019 [caption id="attachment_82685" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord’s
Trump threatened to suspend the ‘conflict minerals’ provision of Dodd-Frank. That might actually be good for Congo. Nik Stoop, Marijke Verpoorten, and Peter van der Windt - September 27, 2018 Most Americans think of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act as a
I did the first long-term study investigating illegal ivory traders. Here’s what I learned. Kristof Titeca - April 18, 2018 [caption id="attachment_72373" align="alignnone" width="960"] A Zimbabwe National Parks official holds
War-torn Congo has been called the ‘rape capital of the world.’ Here is how fighters think about sexual violence. Nina Wilén and Bert Ingelaere - August 31, 2017 [caption id="attachment_62716" align="aligncenter" width="960"] People listen to Jan Egeland, then-U.N. undersecretary-general
Want to understand Belgium’s complicated politics and scandals? Let’s look at Africa. Kristof Titeca - July 10, 2017 [caption id="attachment_60736" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Then-Brussels Mayor Yvan Mayeur during a
There is new violence in Western Uganda. Here’s why. Kristof Titeca and Anna Reuss - November 29, 2016 [caption id="attachment_50242" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Ugandan soldiers gather in the town