James Hall
Founding Editor, Africa Conflict Monitor
James Hall is the founding Editor of Africa Conflict Monitor. Arriving in Swaziland from his native U.S. in the 1980s, Hall has written six books on African subjects and over 6,000 articles for international publications, preferring to tell African stories from the inside looking around rather than from the outside looking in. Follow him on Twitter @hallaboutafrica.
The Somalia based terror group al-Shabaab has “diversified its economy” to ensure a constant income, from kidnapping for ransom and confiscating food and aid sent to rural populations, to forcing [...] More
