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Alexandra Fisher is an Australian multimedia journalist based in East Africa.

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African Lions: Born Free? No, Born Captive to Be Killed

DEAD CATS

Raising and hunting lions is an industry in South Africa. The Obama administration’s regulations undermined the business. Now lion farmers are hoping Trump will bring it back.

Alexandra Fisher | Published Jan 12, 2018
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The First-Born Son of the Monstrous Warlord Kony Speaks

INVISIBLE CHILD

His mother was enslaved by the Lord’s Resistance Army, but she was allowed to raise him at home. Now the son yearns to ask his father, responsible for such horror, ‘Why?’

Alexandra Fisher | Published Dec 26, 2017

The Young American Woman Trapped by Mugabe Even as He Falls

HOSTAGE TO CHAOS

Martha O’Donovan says she didn’t even write a tweet critical of Mugabe, but that may not help her in court.

Alexandra Fisher | Published Nov 20, 2017

Robert Mugabe’s Wife on the Lam for Attacking Model

I’ll GET YOU, MY PRETTY!

The wife of Robert Mugabe, who’s been maneuvering to succeed Zimbabwe’s authoritarian nonagenarian, allegedly attacked the young woman who’d been hanging out with her sons.

Alexandra Fisher | Published Aug 18, 2017

Will Kony Make a Murderous Comeback?

GOD AWFUL

Lord’s Resistance Army defectors say infamous warlord Joseph Kony will revive his gruesome campaign to impose his rule based on a warped version of the Ten Commandments.

Alexandra Fisher | Published Apr 26, 2017

A Very Dangerous Place to Be Trans

Hate Crimes

LGBT people in Africa are hoping against hope that the gains they made with Obama’s help won’t be destroyed by Trump.

Alexandra Fisher | Published Mar 03, 2017

Africa’s Heroin Highway to the West

CARTEL WATCH

The heroin traffic through Africa’s ‘highway of impunity’ is flooding Europe and also making its way to the U.S.

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