A playwright’s determination, despite censorship in Sri Lanka, to stage an immersive play dealing with LGBT issues in Colombo wins a prestigious award. COLOMBO — A sense of calm has returned to the capital, two months after the Easter Sunday bombings. Traffic…

Here’s what’s waiting for them. YANGON, Myanmar – I met Thant Zin Maung at his modest home in Hlaing Township, a low-income district in Myanmar’s old capital, Yangon. I was in Myanmar to figure out if the United Nations’ claims…

Reporting from Kwame Nkrumah circle in Accra, Ghana on the night of the election results, Dec. 9, 2012. The Electoral Commission of Ghana announced the NDC’s John Dramani Mahama as winner of the presidential election. The opposition NPP quickly challenged…

Education was the biggest issue during the Ghana 2012 election campaign. The main presidential candidates, the NDC’s John Dramani Mahama promised better quality education, while the opposition NPP’s Nana Akufo-Addo called for free secondary high school for all Ghanaian youth.…

Akwaaba means ‘welcome’ in the local Twi language in Ghana. Since arriving in Ghana from Burkina Faso I felt welcome, feeling like I was returning home even though this was my first time in the country. I was worried about…

Hearing from voters at polling stations on election day, Dec. 7, 2012, in Accra, Ghana. After delays in the arrival of election materials and new biometric machine failures, voters remained relatively calm. Voting continued into the night and the following…

Kenya’s 2007 election violence became a worst-case scenario for any African nation. Flora Terah was a parliamentary candidate who was brutally attacked for running and lost her son in a senseless act of violence after the election. Terah shares her…

It took two days on the bus from Dakar, Senegal to reach Bamako, Mali and I wasn’t happy about that, but I told myself I had to make it overland to my destination: Accra, Ghana. The day I crossed into…

The Gambia is a small country in West Africa. Government control of the media in Gambia is a serious concern. Gambian journalist Aisha Dabo fled the country after her newspaper was shut down and she was accused of working for…

–A toubab is a Central and West African term to describe white Europeans and Americans. I, being Canadian, embrace this name.– Dakar, Senegal. I stepped off the plane in Dakar after a long flight from Casablanca (long because I connected…