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Tristan McConnell

GlobalPost

Tristan McConnell is GlobalPost's senior correspondent for Africa and is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

He has lived and worked in Africa since 2004 and is also a correspondent for The Times of London and Monocle.

McConnell has written for magazines including the Columbia Journalism Review, London Review of Books, The Nation, New Statesman, New York, Prospect and the Virginia Quarterly Review. His reporting has won the Diageo journalism award and been recognised by the Kurt Schork Awards.

Somalia News: Al Shabaab pushed out of Beledwayne

Business, Finance & Economics

Somalia’s Islamic extremist rebels fighting on three fronts, lose key town.

Burkina Faso News: Customs chief is sacked

Business, Finance & Economics

Kenya News: Press covers Somalia conflict

Business, Finance & Economics

Kenya News: Twitter updates on Somalia conflict

Business, Finance & Economics

Kenya War: Counting the cost of the Somalia conflict

Business, Finance & Economics

Somalia News: Pirate hijacking continues

Business, Finance & Economics

As piracy off the coast of Somalia continues, new research studies how these pirates invest money.

Somalia News: Ethiopia rejoins the war

Business, Finance & Economics

Somali Prime Minister dismissed any talk about “traditional enmity” toward Ethiopia, but the fight continues.

Somalia News: Parliament fights again (VIDEO)

Business, Finance & Economics

As fights in Somalia’s parliament erupt again, at least three MPs are hospitalized.

Nigeria News: Occupy protest in Ibadan

Business, Finance & Economics

Occupy Nigeria protests fuel price increase in Ibadan.

South Africa News: ANC turns 100

Business, Finance & Economics

South Africa’s ANC prepares for its centennial celebrations this weekend.