Tristan McConnell is a freelance journalist based in west Africa. He writes for publications that include the Times and the Christian Science Monitor.

Recent articles

A Tuareg revolt, coveted uranium resources, geopolitical rivalries, endemic poverty: is Niger becoming the latest patient in Africa's emergency-ward, asks Tristan McConnell in Agadez.

After fourteen years of civil war, hopes are riding on the scarred west African country’s truth and reconciliation commission. But it needs international support, writes Tristan McConnell.

The Lord's Resistance Army's twenty-year war in northern Uganda may be ending. Will the cost of peace be impunity for its horrendous crimes? Tristan McConnell reports.

The inconclusive result of the first round of the Democratic Republic of Congo's election is proving a test for its democratic path, reports Tristan McConnell in Bunia, northeast DRC.

The historic election on 30 July is an opportunity for the Congolese people to break with four decades of kleptocracy and war, reports Tristan McConnell in Bukavu, eastern DRC.