International
24 May 2018
Can the Kakuma refugee camp — former home to many Australian Sudanese — complete the transition to a thriving economy?
16 August 2011
Infection and death rates are down in many countries, writes Xan Rice. Now the challenge is to consolidate and extend those gains
25 July 2011
It’s becoming much easier to fly within Africa, writes Xan Rice as he visits the world’s newest nation
27 June 2011
Xan Rice reports from the Libyan capital, Tripoli
15 May 2011
Xan Rice reports from Benghazi and Misrata on the impact of the war in Libya
20 April 2011
Kenyans are leapfrogging landlines and going straight to mobile, with enormous social and economic implications, writes Xan Rice
18 March 2011
President Kibaki and his allies continue to resist an international trial of alleged perpetrators of the 2007 post-election violence, writes Xan Rice
17 January 2011
With counting under way in the southern Sudan independence referendum, Xan Rice meets up again with a former resident of the Kakuma refugee camp, Philip Ngor Bol
Essays & reportage
14 July 2010
When GlaxoSmithKline announced a series of initiatives to improve access to drugs in least-developed countries, its most radical proposal was for a “patent pool” to…
6 May 2010
Amid preparations for Sudan’s controversial election last month, Xan Rice met a Sudanese man from Sydney who was looking well beyond election day
5 October 2009
Despite first world technology, humans still share an intimate co-existence with nature in Kenya, especially during a drought, writes Xan Rice
23 May 2009
With two former allies battling for control of Mogadishu, Somalia’s transitional government faces a fresh challenge, writes Xan Rice
18 March 2009
Reporting from Nairobi is made difficult by an opaque government, writes Xan Rice, but talking to ordinary Kenyans is rarely a chore
15 January 2009
The latest military assault on the Lord’s Resistance Army has increased insecurity in Central Africa, reports Xan Rice
25 November 2008
When Justice Waki handed over his report on the post-election violence in Kenya he took precautions to guarantee it wouldn’t be ignored, writes Xan Rice in Nairobi
