Andrew Green

Andrew Green is a freelance journalist based in Berlin. Previously, he was based in sub-Saharan Africa.

Articles by Andrew Green
A man in a black t-shirt and dark jeans sits on the ledge of an apartment building roof. Behind him is a tall building and city scene with mountains in the background.
A man in a black t-shirt and dark jeans sits on the ledge of an apartment building roof. Behind him is a tall building and city scene with mountains in the background.

Can Zackie Achmat Change South Africa From Inside Parliament?
Profile
Andrew Green
Kenya Face Shields
Kenya Face Shields

If African Governments Won’t Act, the People Will
Argument
Andrew Green
African asylum-seekers protest at the Holot detention center in Israel's Negev Desert, on Feb. 17, 2014. (Jack Guez/AFP/ Getty Images)
African asylum-seekers protest at the Holot detention center in Israel's Negev Desert, on Feb. 17, 2014. (Jack Guez/AFP/ Getty Images)

A Light Unto Some Nations
Dispatch
Andrew Green
HOLOT, ISRAEL - FEBRUARY 17: Asylum seekers who are being held take part in a day of protest at the of Holot detention center where hundreds of migrants are being held on February 17, 2014 in the southern Negev desert of Israel. More than 50,000 illegal African migrants are seeking asylum after escaping war and government repression in their native lands. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images)
HOLOT, ISRAEL - FEBRUARY 17: Asylum seekers who are being held take part in a day of protest at the of Holot detention center where hundreds of migrants are being held on February 17, 2014 in the southern Negev desert of Israel. More than 50,000 illegal African migrants are seeking asylum after escaping war and government repression in their native lands. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images)

Inside Israel’s Secret Program to Get Rid of African Refugees
Feature
Andrew Green
Refugee Runners Ready for Rio
Refugee Runners Ready for Rio

The Olympic Team With No Flag
Feature
Andrew Green
A nurse at an anti-retroviral clinic in Emmaus hospital in the town of Winterton, Kwazulu-Natal region, South Africa explains to a patient (up) how she should take anti-retroviral drugs on March 11, 2008. Emmaus hospital, nestled among the majestic Drakensberg mountains in the AIDS-stricken province is one of several rural hospitals recording astonishing successes in ARV-treatment, having already hit ambitious targets set for 2011. After the cabinet adopted on May 4, 2007 a five-year AIDS plan which aimed to halve new infections by 2011 and have 80 percent of patients on treatment, South Africa's once sluggish and embarassing AIDS response has taken new shape. AFP PHOTO / Alexander Joe (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images)
A nurse at an anti-retroviral clinic in Emmaus hospital in the town of Winterton, Kwazulu-Natal region, South Africa explains to a patient (up) how she should take anti-retroviral drugs on March 11, 2008. Emmaus hospital, nestled among the majestic Drakensberg mountains in the AIDS-stricken province is one of several rural hospitals recording astonishing successes in ARV-treatment, having already hit ambitious targets set for 2011. After the cabinet adopted on May 4, 2007 a five-year AIDS plan which aimed to halve new infections by 2011 and have 80 percent of patients on treatment, South Africa's once sluggish and embarassing AIDS response has taken new shape. AFP PHOTO / Alexander Joe (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama Dreams of an AIDS-Free Generation
Feature
Andrew Green
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni (C) and his wife Janet Museveni wave from to supporters from atop their car as they arrive for a rally of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party at Kololo Airstrip in Kampala on February 16, 2016. Uganda's presidential contenders held their final campaign rallies on February 16, a day after opposition supporters clashed with police leaving at least one person dead. Museveni and his ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party is widely predicted to win a fifth term in power in polls, and warned at a rally against voting for his rivals. / AFP / Isaac Kasamani (Photo credit should read ISAAC KASAMANI/AFP/Getty Images)
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni (C) and his wife Janet Museveni wave from to supporters from atop their car as they arrive for a rally of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party at Kololo Airstrip in Kampala on February 16, 2016. Uganda's presidential contenders held their final campaign rallies on February 16, a day after opposition supporters clashed with police leaving at least one person dead. Museveni and his ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party is widely predicted to win a fifth term in power in polls, and warned at a rally against voting for his rivals. / AFP / Isaac Kasamani (Photo credit should read ISAAC KASAMANI/AFP/Getty Images)

A Real Debate Before Uganda’s Fake Election
Dispatch
Andrew Green
A picture taken on January 29, 2016 shows a sign post in the Ziika forest in Uganda, near Entebbe. The Zika virus was first discovered in April 1947 after testing a macaque monkey in Ziika forest, Uganda by the scientists of the Yellow Fever Research Institute. The virus is spread by day time active mosquitos. The Zika virus is "spreading explosively" in the Americas and the region may see up to four million cases of the disease strongly suspected of causing microcephaly according to the World Health Organization. Microcephaly is a condition causes babies to be born with an abnormally small head and a neurological disorder called Guillain-Barre syndrome. / AFP / ISAAC KASAMANI (Photo credit should read ISAAC KASAMANI/AFP/Getty Images)
A picture taken on January 29, 2016 shows a sign post in the Ziika forest in Uganda, near Entebbe. The Zika virus was first discovered in April 1947 after testing a macaque monkey in Ziika forest, Uganda by the scientists of the Yellow Fever Research Institute. The virus is spread by day time active mosquitos. The Zika virus is "spreading explosively" in the Americas and the region may see up to four million cases of the disease strongly suspected of causing microcephaly according to the World Health Organization. Microcephaly is a condition causes babies to be born with an abnormally small head and a neurological disorder called Guillain-Barre syndrome. / AFP / ISAAC KASAMANI (Photo credit should read ISAAC KASAMANI/AFP/Getty Images)

Uganda Discovered the Zika Virus. And the Solution for It.
Dispatch
Andrew Green
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Burundi Votes, and Violence Looms
Dispatch
Andrew Green
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To Forgive a Warlord
Dispatch
Andrew Green
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SAMIR BOL/AFP/Getty Images)

Stay of Expulsion
Dispatch
Andrew Green
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Ivan Lieman/AFP/Getty Images

Is Nowhere Safe in South Sudan?
Dispatch
Andrew Green
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STR/AFP/Getty Images

‘The Power Struggle Was Only Beginning’
Dispatch
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WALTER ASTRADA/AFP/Getty Images

Still the One
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