Fellows & Editors
Benedict Moran
- Trip:
- Fellows 2014
- Affiliation:
- Al Jazeera America
- Country:
- Central African Republic
- Year:
- 2014
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Benedict Moran is a producer for Al Jazeera America currently based in New York City. He specializes in conflict, diplomacy, and international development. Moran has won awards for his coverage of the cholera epidemic in Haiti and on rural health programs in Tanzania. Prior to becoming a journalist, he worked as an aid worker in Costa Rica, Tanzania, Kenya, and Sudan. He was a Peace Corps volunteer stationed in Benin, where he produced a radio show at a solar-powered community station. His work for Al Jazeera has taken him to Brazil, Mali, South Africa, Kuwait, Qatar, Ethiopia and Haiti. He has a Masters of Science degree in Journalism from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, and a Masters of International Affairs from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. He has traveled to more than 75 countries for work and professional reasons.
Moran was awarded a prior fellowship with IRP, reporting from South Sudan in 2015.
Stories
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In South Sudan, Pregnancy Brings Risks
South Sudan has the highest infant and maternal mortality rate in the world. Women across the country have extremely limited access to health facilities, a situation exacerbated by the ongoing conflict. For...
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A Country on the Brink: Millions Go Hungry in South Sudan
Mary Nyabouth and her six children fled fighting in her village of Nyal in late June, paddling two hours in a canoe until she reached a remote island in the swamps of...
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Unrest and Fear of Famine Overshadow Celebrations for South Sudan’s Fourth Year of Independence
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In South Sudan, Camps Offer No Refuge From Divisions and Violence
{image-1} A crowd of people rushed onto the dirt embankment and glared at the masses gathered on the opposite side of the road. The men, women, and children, all members of the...
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Blood Diamonds and Religious War: Diamonds and Division
The Central African Republic is one of the poorest countries in the world, but it is also rich in natural resources. One of the official mining sectors has collapsed amid the country'...
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An Uncertain Path to Reconciliation
Lea Lucresse, 28, sat in a line of three dozen people in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic one day in September. She was exhausted and quiet, her eyes downcast. She...
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Fighting Over the Spoils of War
Notre Dame des Victoires Church, or NDV, is in a small parish about a 10-minute drive from the city of Bambari in the center of the Central African Republic. A French priest...
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Harvest of Fear
One day in September, Ahmed Adam, 23, sat on the ground in the regional capital, Ndélé, and rolled a cigarette. Adam was restless. Earlier that week he returned from the...
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Sectarian Violence Flares in the Central African Republic, Killing At Least 12
Sectarian fighting has erupted in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, in the city's worst violence since a ceasefire was signed between rival fighters in July. The clashes have...
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Hanging by a Thread
{image-1} On the night of Dec. 5, 2013, Fatou Sall was asleep in the front room of her mud-brick house in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, when she awoke to the...
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