Jocelyne Sambira
Jocelyne Sambira is a UN staff member and writer for Africa Renewal in New York. She previously served in the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan from 2007-2009 as a radio producer. She moved there from Kenya where she had been reporting for the UN humanitarian news agency, IRIN, in the Great Lakes region and Northern Uganda since 2002. Jocelyne began her career as a radio producer in the thick of a civil war in her native Burundi. She holds a Masters in Science in Digital Media from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism (2014).
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Financing Africa’s development agenda
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By: Jocelyne Sambira
Africa Renewal: December 2015
Kingsley Ighobor
— Carlos Lopes
— Carlos Lopes
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Financing Africa’s development agenda
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By: Jocelyne Sambira
Africa Renewal: December 2015
Kingsley Ighobor
— Carlos Lopes
— Carlos Lopes
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Africa has a “window of opportunity” to avoid a new debt trap
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By: Jocelyne Sambira
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New bond issue set to help Africa go ‘green’
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By: Jocelyne Sambira
Africa Renewal: August 2015
A way of bankrolling a clean energy revolution
A way of bankrolling a clean energy revolution
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Borrowing responsibly: Africa’s debt challenge
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By: Jocelyne Sambira
Africa Renewal: August 2015
Countries may be borrowing too much and too fast
Countries may be borrowing too much and too fast
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Girls in ICT: Technology lifting thousands out of poverty
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By: Jocelyne Sambira
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Investing in women’s employment essential for economic growth
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By: Jocelyne Sambira
Africa Renewal: April 2015
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Slave trade: How African foods influenced modern American cuisine
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By: Jocelyne Sambira
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Historic ‘Ark of Return’ monument on slavery unveiled at the UN
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By: Jocelyne Sambira
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China "long-standing" partnership with Africa continues to evolve
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By: Jocelyne Sambira
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Hunting for Eurobonds
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By: Jocelyne Sambira
Africa Renewal: April 2014
Views split on sub-Saharan Africa’s debut in the international markets
Views split on sub-Saharan Africa’s debut in the international markets
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Influencing policy is ‘not a numbers game’
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By: Jocelyne Sambira
Africa Renewal: August 2013
More women in Africa enter public office, but still wield little power
More women in Africa enter public office, but still wield little power
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Tapping migration wealth to fund development
Term ID: 533
By: Jocelyne Sambira
Africa Renewal: August 2013
African diaspora remittances can reduce poverty
African diaspora remittances can reduce poverty
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Africa Wired
Term ID: 533
By: Jocelyne Sambira
Africa Renewal: August 2013
Simple invention brokers peace between humans and wildlife
Simple invention brokers peace between humans and wildlife
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Japan: Africa’s subtle but effective partner
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By: Jocelyne Sambira
Interview with JICA President, Akihiko Tanaka
Interview with JICA President, Akihiko Tanaka
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Africa’s mobile youth drive change
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By: Jocelyne Sambira
Africa Renewal: May 2013
Cell phones reshape youth cultures
Cell phones reshape youth cultures
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Counterfeit drugs raise Africa’s temperature
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By: Jocelyne Sambira
Africa Renewal: May 2013
Profits too high, penalties too low to stop crime
Profits too high, penalties too low to stop crime
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Rwanda genocide survivors struggle to rebuild their lives
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By: Jocelyne Sambira
Genocide can happen anywhere, says Jacqueline Murekatete, a survivor
Genocide can happen anywhere, says Jacqueline Murekatete, a survivor
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‘Take away the guns,’ women tell UN envoy
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By: Jocelyne Sambira
Reforms needed to stop war-time sex crimes, says Zainab Bangura
Reforms needed to stop war-time sex crimes, says Zainab Bangura
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Stabilizing Somalia: a new chapter begins
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By: Jocelyne Sambira
Africa Renewal: January 2013
A “make or break” point for the country’s new leaders
A “make or break” point for the country’s new leaders
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Reconstructive surgery brings hope to survivors of genital cutting
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By: Jocelyne Sambira
Africa Renewal: January 2013
New advances can give women more normal lives
New advances can give women more normal lives
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New HIV infections are falling dramatically in Africa
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By: Jocelyne Sambira
People with the disease are also living longer and better
People with the disease are also living longer and better
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Burundi’s push for universal education
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By: Jocelyne Sambira
Enrolment rates at an all time high, but challenges remain
Enrolment rates at an all time high, but challenges remain
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‘Inspire change, make every day a Mandela Day’
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By: Jocelyne Sambira
Africans celebrate Nelson Mandela International Day
Africans celebrate Nelson Mandela International Day
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Northern Mali’s ‘city of saints’ suffers rebel fury
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By: Jocelyne Sambira
Africa Renewal: August 2012
Destruction of Timbuktu mausoleums is “repugnant,” says UN
Destruction of Timbuktu mausoleums is “repugnant,” says UN
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