Ruth Maclean
@ruthmaclean
West Africa bureau chief @nytimes
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21-02-2009 01:33:57
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“They are using girls’ bodies as a political battlefield” – Fatou Baldeh MBE
nytimes.com/2024/03/18/wor…
Three Sahel nations withdraw from ECOWAS, citing injustice and foreign influence. Ruth Maclean
nytimes.com/2024/01/28/wor…
“Senegal exceeds my person, and is full of leaders capable of taking the country to the next level.”
Macky Sall finally answers the question: Will he run for president again?
by Elian Peltier
nytimes.com/2023/07/03/wor…
'Didn't I tell you we were going to die? Didn't I tell you we were already dead?'
The complete story of hundreds of preventable deaths in the Mediterranean.
Major The New York Times team effort across countries & teams.
nytimes.com/2023/07/01/wor…
“They expected me to be silent. To be a good guy and behave.”
Abdi Latif Dahir gets the scoop – first post-prison interview with Paul Rusesabagina, the man who inspired Hotel Rwanda, but whom Rwanda locked up.
nytimes.com/2023/06/30/wor…
“Like those diamonds, we are processed now.”
Many in Botswana feel they now have the know-how to part ways with De Beers.
(But they did just reach a deal to keep working together)
by John Eligon
nytimes.com/2023/06/29/wor…
“What happens if our children grow up in a country where the police shoot at their own people with real bullets?” asked Saly Sarr. “They’ll just create more insurgents.”
by Elian Peltier 📸 Carmen Abd Ali
nytimes.com/2023/06/12/wor…
An illuminating story about the custodians of Congo's peatlands by Ruth Maclean Caleb Kabanda and Nanna Heitmann has been awarded first prize for Excellence in Environmental Journalism in this year’s Fetisov Journalism Awards. nytco.com/press/environm…