Tristan McConnell

Tristan McConnell is a freelance journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya, where he is a correspondent for The Times and GlobalPost. He has also written for magazines including Esquire, the New Statesman, New York magazine and the Virginia Quarterly Review. He has lived and worked in Africa since 2004.

South Sudan: waiting for January

Apathy, malnutrition and illiteracy conspired to make this April's Sudanese Presidential Election a non-event in the autonomous south. The ballot on independence, scheduled for January, may be less so - provided the result, however it turns out, does not lead to a resumption of war

By Tristan McConnell

/ 22 Jun 2010

Niger: the uranium curse

In Niger's desert north almost fifty soldiers have been killed since February 2007 yet, according to President Mamadou Tandja's twitchy government, there is no rebellion. It

By Tristan McConnell

/ 30 Oct 2007

Liberia in transition

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

By Tristan McConnell

/ 15 Mar 2007

Uganda: peace vs justice?

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.

By Tristan McConnell

/ 13 Sep 2006

The DR Congo's dangerous run-off

Three hours late, the results in the Democratic Republic of Congo's first proper elections in forty-five years came through on the evening of Sunday 20 August. It was

By Tristan McConnell

/ 22 Aug 2006

The Democratic Republic of Congo: living up to its name?

Congolese will go to the polls this weekend in an election that is as unusual as it is important. It is unusual because, despite its name, the Democratic Republic of

By Tristan McConnell

/ 27 Jul 2006

Ugandas unsettled future

To no one's surprise President Yoweri Museveni has won again. The incumbent Ugandan leader achieved 59% of the vote in the Thursday 24 February election, thus avoiding a

By Tristan McConnell

/ 27 Feb 2006

Tristan McConnell

South Sudan: waiting for January

Niger: the uranium curse

Liberia in transition

Uganda: peace vs justice?

The DR Congo's dangerous run-off

The Democratic Republic of Congo: living up to its name?

Uganda&#146;s unsettled future

Ugandas unsettled future