Jamie Hitchen wrote this fascinating article for Africa is a Country on the general discourse relating to rebel groups in Africa. He uses examples from When the Walking Defeats You and from the writings of Nigerian expert on Boko Haram Atta Barkindo to question the simplistic narratives used in media accounts to describe rebels. "The researcher and writer,... Continue Reading →

I was featured in this wonderful Facebook page highlighting the stories of immigrants and their contribution to the US and the world. With a bit about my journey from being an undocumented migrant in Greece and the UK to graduating college and working on conflict and reintegration of child soldiers in East and Central Africa. More here.  

It was a pleasure being in the VOA studios here in Washington DC on Sunday 12 February for an interview with Keida Kostreci, the well respected journalist and anchor of the news program Ditari. We spoke about the book and a bit about my life story, especially how I left Albania at 16 to walk... Continue Reading →

I wrote this piece for the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center on the plight of IDPs, the vital need to understand their stories and help them before it reaches a crisis point. Focusing on refugees, albeit badly, but ignoring IPDs is cruel and short sighted as displacement is a long process that often starts at home... Continue Reading →

On Dominic Ongwen's case at the ICC with a short excerpt from the book illustrating how many child soldiers - likely including Ongwen - made their entry into the LRA: against their will and covered in blood. Full piece.

My thoughts on the Ongwen case at the ICC. In short, it is a complicated case that underlines the tragedy that this long conflict has been for many. More here.

'But at core it’s a superb narrative of one man’s nightmarish descent into a world of depravity, overseen by an omnipotent tyrant cloaking supreme selfishness and savagery in the garb of religious mysticism.' Full review  

I was very happy to see this excellent review by Professor Stephen Chan of SOAS in The Conversation, referring to the 'When the Walking Defeats You' as one of the best books of 2016.  

Paul and I argue that the US Special Forces in the anti-LRA ops have a crucial role to play in dismantling the LRA regardless of the degree of Ugandan army involvement. "With Kony’s increasingly erratic and brutal leadership alienating many followers, the best opportunity to dismantle the LRA at this point may be encouraging disillusioned... Continue Reading →