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Author: Nick Young

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Nick Young

Nick Young founded the online and print publications Oil in Uganda (2012) and China Development Brief (1996).

  • A woman herder in Nakukulas, Turkana county, with a gas flare in the distance. Credit: Nick Young.
    EconomyKenya
    By Nick Young
    July 5, 2018
    4654
    0

    What does “development” actually look like? The case of LAPSSET

    According to its official description, the enormous and multi-faceted project known as LAPSSET is “Eastern Africa’s largest and most ambitious infrastructure project bringing together Kenya, Ethiopia ...
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  • A woman herder in Nakukulas, Turkana county, with a gas flare in the distance. Credit: Nick Young.
    EconomyKenya
    By Nick Young
    July 4, 2018
    5347
    0

    “When I grew up the land was for the community”: Oil troubles in Turkana

    Huge oil discoveries in Kenya’s poorest county have so far brought more frustration and tensions than hope. This is the third part in a series What ...
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  • A cattle market in Garissa. Credit: USAID/Mariantonietta Peru.
    EconomyKenya
    By Nick Young
    June 27, 2018
    4621
    0

    LAPSSET: Will a new highway open up the long-neglected Garissa?

    Many in the area are upbeat about the new infrastructure project, but concerns over security and land remain. This is the second part in a series ...
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  • Locals fear that Lamu could be transformed by LAPSSET. Credit: Nick Young.
    EconomyKenya
    By Nick Young
    June 20, 2018
    6098
    0

    “We’ll be like a museum”: Lamu locals fear huge regional infrastructure plan

    The multi-billion-dollar LAPSSET project promises to transform Kenya — including the oldest Swahili settlement on the African coast. This is the first part in the series What ...
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  • Bidi Bidi, one of Uganda's camps for South Sudan's refugees.
    SocietySouth SudanUganda
    By Nick Young
    April 25, 2017
    13683
    0

    Are locals starting to push back in the “best place in the world for refugees”?

    Uganda is now home to over 800,000 South Sudanese refugees and the world’s largest refugee camp. At a time in which governments across the world are ...
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