As a freelance journalist since 2017, my work has been published in Quartz Africa, Al Jazeera, The New Internationalist, and The New Humanitarian, among others. I have also produced podcasts for the International Planned Parenthood Federation, UN Habitat, Farm Radio International and the Royal Bank of Canada. Below are some of my selected works in human rights and conflict, aid and development, women’s rights and gender issues, arts and culture.
HUMAN RIGHTS & CONFLICT
Western Sahara’s ‘frozen conflict’ heats up, but world’s attention elsewhere The New Humanitarian, 2023
What interactive maps and 3D digital models reveal about Mau Mau detention camps in Kenya Quartz Africa, 2022
How Kiswahili tech terms are pushing for digital rights in East Africa Quartz Africa, 2021
Ntombesintu Mfunzi: A South African athlete’s fight against rape Al Jazeera, 2021
Human rights activists in hiding amid outbreak of war in Western Sahara SOAS Spirit, 2020
What happened in Marawi? Al Jazeera, 2017
Three Egyptian human rights activists released from prison amid dire situation for activism SOAS Blog, 2020
The problems with media coverage of the Haitian president’s assassination SOAS Blog, 2021
Human trafficking persists during Covid at Indo-Nepal border SOAS Blog, 2020
WOMEN’S RIGHTS & GENDER ISSUES
If representation is a rights issue, why are women still critically underrepresented? Equal Measures 2030, 2022
The main perpetrators of violence against female MPs in Africa are male MPs Quartz Africa, 2021
The new frontline for women journalists SOAS Blog, 2021
AID & DEVELOPMENT
An interview with Honorary Graduate Professor Kevin Fenton SOAS Blog, 2023
Scientists call for decolonisation of global health funding SOAS Blog, 2021
The former UK health secretary will no longer lead Africa’s Covid recovery Quartz Africa, 2021
Should overseas aid be used to fund public interest media? SOAS Blog, 2021
Amid a tidal wave of austerity, the UK aid narrative should be one of substance over sum SOAS Spirit, 2021
Public mistrust could undermine Ebola response in Guinea SOAS Spirit, 2021
ARTS & CULTURE
Celebrating Resistance boom saloon, 2023
King of Carnival boom saloon, 2022
Wilaya boom saloon 2022
Unscrambling Africa for Africans First boom saloon, 2022
Buzigahill: Revamping Africa’s fashion industry Quartz Africa, 2022
What the early days of covid-19 revealed about racial fears in Kenya and South Africa Quartz Africa , 2022
Decolonising the archive of British ethnographic collections SOAS Blog, 2021
The Golden Globes snub of ‘I May Destroy You’ is Shameful and Regressive SOAS Blog, 2021
The ‘invisible impact’ of Covid-19 on Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities SOAS Spirit, 2020
A postcard to Guelph from Nepal Guelph Today, 2020
PODCASTS
Dr. Rania on the frontlines of delivering global humanitarian responses International Planned Parenthood Federation, 2022
Project Rajo Podcast UN Habitat, 2019
The Young Journalists’ Global Podcast Challenge: The Left Behind Farm Radio International / WUSC, 2019
