https://www.tomgardnerjournalism.com/home daily 1.0 2025-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1737150306224-QMMEDRY8WSRGX7JL8U7I/1718541821316.jpg Tom Gardner Journalism Homepage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1737150306224-QMMEDRY8WSRGX7JL8U7I/1718541821316.jpg Tom Gardner Journalism Homepage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1499904740527-WCBGPV8424JZDMCK21DO/Screen+Shot+2017-07-12+at+8.13.00+PM.png Tom Gardner Journalism Homepage https://www.tomgardnerjournalism.com/writing daily 0.75 2026-04-03 https://www.tomgardnerjournalism.com/other-projects daily 0.75 2024-09-04 https://www.tomgardnerjournalism.com/aboutcv daily 0.75 2024-07-22 https://www.tomgardnerjournalism.com/selected-articles-2 daily 0.75 2026-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/9996727f-56db-4673-b14c-4c7f001800c5/20260404_IRP002.webp Selected articles - How Africa is changing Catholicism THE ECONOMIST APRIL 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/8eaa5c39-9f7d-4025-9ca5-d0154c644d70/Screenshot+2025-10-27+at+09.08.24.png Selected articles - How to preserve Africa’s natural riches for everyone THE ECONOMIST oCTOBER 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/edef9c2c-b03a-4d22-9f90-924ea763b759/Screenshot+2025-06-20+at+13.01.28.png Selected articles - African architects have cool ideas for a warming planet The economist June 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/6ab90c65-312b-46cc-b71b-8f264b9c6681/Screenshot+2025-05-22+at+17.07.08.png Selected articles - Meet Africa’s ascendant right THE eCONOMIST may 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/7d0701de-a797-4828-b555-6c1976254243/Screenshot+2025-04-11+at+20.05.50.png Selected articles - Friends with benefits? The country still in thrall to the Wagner Group 1843 MAGAZINE (APRIL 2025) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/5bd48f83-ddad-457e-874d-5a306ae19ab2/Screenshot+2025-02-02+at+18.14.59.png Selected articles - The long au revoir The economist (february 2025) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/d71740ad-bb17-4e32-b07a-3785a924cc76/Screenshot+2025-02-02+at+18.11.23.png Selected articles - Africa v big tech The economist (January 2025) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/ef0d5ffa-91cc-4ceb-98b7-32480ee28a35/Screenshot+2024-10-18+at+17.02.24.png Selected articles - How Wagner survived Yevgeny Prigozhin’s death The ECONOMIST (october 2024) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/4ba497a4-8636-40b3-ae22-71d3fd2caf0d/Screenshot+2024-10-03+at+20.57.48.png Selected articles - Looking for trouble THE ECONOMIST (OCTOBER 2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/526809c8-8651-40ec-a84d-5e31131b1871/Screenshot+2024-09-04+at+19.15.42.png Selected articles - An intensifying calamity THE ECONOMIST (August 2024) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/aafb727c-ca21-4394-9564-17639abb61ef/Screenshot+2024-07-22+at+11.11.19.png Selected articles - Africa’s new rail age The economist july 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/401aab50-36d2-489d-acb0-1285636a92e7/Screenshot+2024-06-25+at+09.15.12.png Selected articles - From Nobel peace prize to civil war: how Ethiopia’s leader beguiled the world extracts from “The abiy project” published in the guardian’s long read (June 2024) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/72c9ecc9-ed2d-428c-a66c-6324d1f6670f/Hassan+Sheikh+Mohamud-1.jpg Selected articles - Inside Villa Somalia The Observer (January 2023) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/cd725ce7-7bed-45c3-a528-44b44c631886/1843_20221207_TIGRAY_HEAD_ALT.jpg Selected articles - Lost in militialand 1843 magazine (December 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/8d21310d-d085-42cf-b200-52a72f363914/Screen+Shot+2022-06-17+at+10.00.32.png Selected articles - Make me a city The economist (june 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/c8b2006d-1027-408d-a509-960dac2845dc/20220604_MAP004.jpg Selected articles - An interview with Somalia’s new president THE ECONOMIST (JUNE 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/142a005c-6c0a-47cb-8345-fcee21c198a2/20220528_MAP001.jpg Selected articles - Issais’s army The economist (May 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/17f47727-1dfb-437c-b934-a380fe573149/Screen+Shot+2021-12-15+at+16.10.19.png Selected articles - Back to the mountains The economist (December 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/4556038e-67c5-4049-8f78-d11ab30550ed/Screen+Shot+2021-11-18+at+09.00.35.png Selected articles - Ethiopia’s civil war: one man’s journey from entrepreneur to militant The economist’s 1843 magazine (November 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1633860258683-UR0RUXFUL46MLJU1M4MS/Screen+Shot+2021-10-10+at+13.03.38.png Selected articles - Abiy against the world THE ECONOMIST (oCTOBER 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1626445217793-4HRAT9Q9S0C48AWAHKS5/Screen+Shot+2021-07-16+at+17.19.18.png Selected articles - Unlikely bedfellows The economist (july 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1623907656246-OEI4SPSYVKYN2493HV18/Screen+Shot+2021-06-17+at+08.27.08.png Selected articles - A coronation THE ECONOMIST (JUNE 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1623907851485-1W9H1UDGTTTZONCGGRT2/Screen+Shot+2021-06-17+at+08.30.31.png Selected articles - Master of the Horn? The Economist (May 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1615711662053-YFALQLBXP4YJ4XAROMFK/Screen+Shot+2021-03-14+at+11.47.20.png Selected articles - “Faya Dayi” evokes what it means to be young in Ethiopia THE ECONOMIST (MARCH 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1609956044779-XNOOMUDFMBL0SB3TGQJT/Screen+Shot+2021-01-06+at+20.00.27.png Selected articles - All is not quiet on Ethiopia’s western front The economist (JANUARY 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1609402701035-3BD5W9ILCYIF3G8AXJJD/20210102_MAP001_0.jpg Selected articles - The widening war THE ECONOMIST (dECEMBER 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1607508416154-X9OY52CB3VLVS3OJS424/Screen+Shot+2020-12-09+at+13.06.40.png Selected articles - How Abiy’s Effort to Redefine Ethiopia Led to War in Tigray World politics review (DECEMBER 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1604571707177-NHWRSDQEM8S0VGDX8UNE/Screen+Shot+2020-11-05+at+13.20.36.png Selected articles - Abiy’s call to arms tHE eCONOMIST (NOVEMBER 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1600665920567-WEII8H8L6JN8JH4W24Q5/Screen+Shot+2020-09-21+at+08.24.11.png Selected articles - How political violence is derailing Ethiopia’s democratic transition Foreign poliy (sEPTEMBER 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1596471780897-VU38NFIEKQSBOJWLPUXA/Screen+Shot+2020-08-03+at+19.21.39.png Selected articles - How a musician’s murder threw Ethiopia’s journey toward democracy awry tHE GUARDIAN (August 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1596472772319-LBJIG692Z5SD4ZL77LHC/Screen+Shot+2020-08-03+at+19.34.38.png Selected articles - Urban brawl The Economist (july 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1590594732167-ZP0KW6E4H4J7HDNNKA1R/ethiopia-goldmine-1_0.jpg Selected articles - EXCLUSIVE: Health woes, outrage, and toxins near Ethiopia gold mine the new humanitarian (May 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1584687560300-GK241EAH3P8H4X8SMFAK/20200321_MAP002_0.jpg Selected articles - Abiy’s war THE ECONOMIST (mARCH 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1579633057128-Q4G6R6NI0E4CK7JZHVPT/Screen+Shot+2020-01-21+at+21.57.14.png Selected articles - Will Abiy Ahmed’s bet on Ethiopia’s political future pay off? Foreign Policy (JANUARY 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1574962736997-OCEJ1KU10U2Z9U7T9DOG/20191130_MAP001_0.jpg Selected articles - A slender chance for peace in Darfur The ECONOMIST (nOVEMBER 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1573158062509-CAAUM88RYHKIXGWWTJG7/20191109_BKP001_0.jpg Selected articles - History wars the economist (november 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1571342939898-RNIN52NVIVMKRMQIR235/Addis+Ababa%27s+Sheraton+Hotel%2C+with+the+new+financial+district+in+the+distane.+Charlie+Rosser.jpg Selected articles - 'This is Dubai now': Nobel-winning PM's plan to transform Addis Ababa The GUARDIAN (oCTOBER 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1570124354546-7359NJY73KZMWLTCAATX/20191005_MAP002_0.jpg Selected articles - Lessons from an open-air prison The ECONOMIST (oCTOBER 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1565514186428-RYOWX9KPDN3088S3Q938/WhatsApp+Image+2019-06-09+at+7.52.35+PM.jpeg Selected articles - Ethiopia’s economy is booming, but at what cost? The atlantic (August 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1562871018059-SV98AL5JMCFQM7KW1IUA/20190713_MAP003_0.jpg Selected articles - A gulag state totters The economist (July 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1553198167042-S1YRRU4GI9SIH5UV2RCP/20190323_BKD001_0.jpg Selected articles - Wax and gold The economist (march 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1553492862662-1VRL7LMUZ9RWLMINQ79T/5436.jpg Selected articles - Shadow falls over Ethiopia reforms as warnings of crisis go unheeded The Guardian March 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1549300262191-UA41HIE7GQF58PZXSHLM/lead_720_405.jpg Selected articles - The Ethiopian Christians who live-stream mass exorcisms THE ATLANTIC (february 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1544764493504-UC529T4EFHEX7VD9EN7W/20181215_BKP009_0.jpg Selected articles - Jaw-jaw, war-war The economist (December 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1544114934457-DRXW1HF3LSJ5DYTZX60V/20181208_map002.jpg Selected articles - A colourful revolution The economist (December 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1544115105948-IMDP31KP26LPU9YRMQX1/abiymerkel.jpg Selected articles - Abiy Ahmed Is Not a Populist Foreign Policy (December 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1544115188153-N2AI0LVXU5ZNPCUOY767/20181124_MAP504.jpg Selected articles - God wants Ethiopia to prosper The Economist (November 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1539369192542-UQHK5ETESL4F9981FDR7/6016.jpg Selected articles - 'I was euphoric': Eritrea's joy becomes Ethiopia's burden amid huge exodus The gUARDIAN (october 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1539369104219-QUTPOGONTQTP1CT5U6QR/20181013_map502.jpg Selected articles - Prison Break The Economist (October 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1535444376936-D8MT6JTJPSF6F07NJZ8W/1412.jpg Selected articles - 'Asmara is a jewel': but can Eritrea's modernising capital retain its charm? The guardian (AUGUST 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1533234152568-LXC0YCDD0E1XMG1BV9IU/20180804_MAP001_0.jpg Selected articles - A flicker of light in a prison state The Economist (August 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1528737507801-G4Z9KEMMUVSC62O6AFUC/20180609_MAP006_0.jpg Selected articles - Reformer-in-Chief The Economist (june 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1526623150066-F4E9JX58RMG0IW687QV1/Ethio-Djibouti_Railway_CR_00038.jpg Selected articles - In Ethiopia's buslands, promised riches of a railway boom turn to dust The GUARDIAN (MAY 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1525962121671-WEJL69EFNCC04EXIQK2D/2+3C5A1844.jpg Selected articles - Deadly journeys: how despair drives young Ethiopians to flee to Yemen The guardian (May 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1526623567302-KMUWM50MVNC57XPJTJOS/20180407_MAP001_0.jpg Selected articles - Enter a new hope The ECONOMIST (april 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1521887120616-O5M70TGK9VL8HU0DCVZ4/20180324_BKP001_0.jpg Selected articles - Gospel Truths The Economist (March 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1521024321808-FHSHGK613MTFO16P5K9S/Screen+Shot+2018-03-14+at+13.44.58.png Selected articles - "Freedom!": the mysterious movement that brought Ethiopia to a standstill The guardian (mARCH 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1518335037871-N8B5JWG142YTLIPGW0KY/DSC_6528.jpg Selected articles - How Ethiopia’s New Railway Could Launch an Inclusive Urban Boom NEXT CITY (February 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1512416616203-QBQKRDWK6HUSHISNWSBH/Screen+Shot+2017-12-04+at+15.55.23.png Selected articles - "Addis has run out of space": Ethiopia's radical redesign THE GUARDIAN (DECEMBER 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1508109219457-DJKB4T7XGX3J6JZSD6KL/guardian+october+2017.jpg Selected articles - "Loudspeaker for the youth": Sudan tunes in to a new wavelength as sanctions lift The Guardian (OCTOBER 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1500259887170-1G5QN1JEO5K83ATR4PPR/TeddyAfroGuardian Selected articles - "Teddy Afro, Ethiopia's biggest pop star": 'Because of our government, our country is divided'" The Guardian (July 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1500260676881-UZXIZHTNO1XQX8IJJUA9/rsz_eritrea_1.jpg Selected articles - The rehabilitation of Africa's most isolated dictatorship Foreign Policy (June 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/1499925320430-GA4H74LBJSBAXQHAOOHM/image-asset.jpeg Selected articles - Development now, democracy later The Economist (April 2017) https://www.tomgardnerjournalism.com/podcasts daily 0.75 2025-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/17737eee-f5b1-4532-8748-864555b49038/Screenshot+2025-11-02+at+07.05.03.png Podcasts - The return of Erik Prince The weekend intelligence November 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/a94c6202-843f-451c-9804-0f45b4b6d703/Screenshot+2025-11-02+at+07.07.35.png Podcasts - Je suis Wagner THE WEEKEND INTELLIGENCE oCTOBER 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5966b95959cc68ef61623cbf/4ccf82a8-accb-4414-830c-9bd9d59bb036/Screenshot+2025-11-02+at+07.10.12.png Podcasts - The war the world ignores THE WEEKEND INTELLIGENCE august 2024