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Sophie Neiman is a freelance journalist based in Uganda.

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    By Sophie Neiman
    June 22, 2022
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    The bold campaign to defund the East African Crude Oil Pipeline

    Activists have convinced 20 big banks not to finance the controversial oil project leaving its fate in the balance. This February, the heads of TotalEnergies and ...
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  • cameroon and covid-19 President Paul Biya meeting with IMF director Christine Lagarde in 2016. Credit: IMF Staff Photo/Stephen Jaffe.
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    May 19, 2020
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    Where is President Biya? COVID-19 in Cameroon

    Confirmed COVID-19 cases are rapidly increasing in Cameroon. Yet, the president has barely been seen. Read all our COVID-19 coverage  As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads around ...
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    November 7, 2019
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    Refugees: Rwanda helps hundreds, but thousands more languish in Libya

    International policy towards refugees tends to ignore root causes and often makes humanitarian crises worse. In the last month or so, nearly 200 refugees caught in ...
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    By Sophie Neiman
    June 28, 2019
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    A curious case of poisoning in Uganda’s poorest region

    The World Food Programme has been accused of negligence after hundreds were poisoned and four people died after eating its food aid. Earlier this March, the ...
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  • PoliticsUganda
    By Sophie Neiman
    May 9, 2019
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    “Sudan gives us confidence”: What next for Uganda’s opposition?

    Uganda’s government is clamping down heavily on opposition figure Bobi Wine, but he and his supporters remain undeterred. Outside of the Chief Magistrate Court in Kampala, ...
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