UNITED NATIONS

A selection of human interest stories written during missions for FAO (Kenya) and UNICEF (Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Sudan, Yemen)

20 Minutos (Spain)

‘Cómo un hospital de Kirguistán le plantó cara a la mortalidad infantil’ [How a hospital in Kyrgyzstan faced up to child mortality] (blog post). 12 July 2017.

English version published by UNICEF here.

Huffington Post

‘Ucrania: el desplazamiento complica la situación de los niños con discapacidad’. [Ukraine: displacement complicates life for children with disabilities] (blog post). 06 July 2015.

English version published by UNICEF here.

Europa-Press (news agency, Spain)

‘La vida en un refugio antiaéreo del este de Ucrania’ [Life in a bomb shelter in Eastern Ukraine]. 06 July 2015

Also published in Norwegian as a blog post for UNICEF, here.

‘Kenyan youth discover a promising future in farming’. 2019

‘In a Kenyan refugee camp, farming is the path to self-sufficiency’. 2018

‘Budding farmer, big dreams’ [Kenya]. 2018

‘FAO helps Kenyan farmers rescue harvest from Fall Armyworm’. 22 June 2018

‘Latifa and Adilet: a chance to be in school’ [Kyrgyzstan]. 15 October 2018

‘In Kyrgyz mountain village hospital, UNICEF helps resuscitators save child lives’. 20 November 2017

‘In Kyrgyzstan, girls resist menstrual shame’. 02 November 2017

‘In eastern Ukraine, mobile psychologists bring relief to children’. 04 June 2015

‘Battles raging above, Nadezhda gave birth in a bomb shelter’. 2015

Also published in Norwegian as a blog post for UNICEF, here.

‘In the Sudan, a transformed school transforms children – and their community’. 17 March 2014

‘In Sudan, taking a stand against female genital cutting’. 07 February 2014

‘In Yemen, landmines and unexploded ordnance pose grave threats to children’. 12 July 2012

‘In Yemen, therapeutic feeding centres treat child malnutrition, educate parents’. 13 July 2012

JANE’S INTELLIGENCE REVIEW

‘Haunting past. Yemen faces challenging transition process’. No. 7, 2012 (July)

‘Divided loyalty. Elections test Bosnia-Herzegovina’s unity’. No. 9, 2010 (September), pp. 30-37

 
‘Second division. Police-military tensions remain in East Timor’. No. 2, 2010 (February), pp. 33-37

‘Meeting of minds. An Interview With Mehmet Ali Talat, President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’. No. 7, 2009 (July), p. 58

‘Bearing gifts. The future of Cypriot negotiations’. No. 5, 2009 (May), pp. 32-37

‘New order. Changing the guard in Kosovo’ (on Kosovo’s security sector). No. 4, 2009 (April), pp. 24-27

THE WORLD TODAY

‘Bosnia-Herzegovina: State collapse threatens’. Vol. 66 (2010), No. 10, pp. 4-6

‘Cyprus: Best Chance. Last Chance’. Vol. 65 (2009), No. 11, pp. 25-26


AFTENPOSTEN INNSIKT

‘Vinneren tar alt’ [The Winner Takes it All] (on the U.S. electoral system and the 2020 elections]. October 2020, pp. 48-51

‘Det vanskeligste tusenårsmålet’ [The most difficult Millennium Development Goal] (on child mortality). January 2015, pp. 66-68

‘Dominansens dilemma. Etniske russere i Sovjet, Russland – og Ukraina’ [Dilemma of dominance. Ethnic Russians in the Soviet Union, Russia – and Ukraine].  September 2014, pp.

‘Pengene flommer fra Øst-Timors “norske” oljefond’ [The money is flowing out of East Timor’s “Norwegian” oil fund’] May 2011, pp. 54-55

’Egypt: Formet av migrasjon’ [Egypt: Shaped by migration] March 2011, pp. 26-29

’Nye broer over stengt grense’ [New bridges across a closed border] (on Armenian-Turkish relations] February 2011, pp. 22-23

‘Bosnias tilbakefall’ [Bosnian Backslide], October 2010, pp. 30-31
 

’Diplomatisk gjennombrudd eller mikronedrustning?’ [Diplomatic breakthrough or micro-disarmament?] (on the Convention on Cluster Munitions), July-August 2010, pp. 46-47

’Kampen for tilværelsen’ [The struggle for survival] (on the U.S. newspaper industry), June 2010, pp. 78-80

 
’Oppgjøret etter krigen’ [ After the war, accountability] (a report from the ICC and ICTY in the Hague), June 2010, pp. 24-25.

’Øst-Timor: For mye tilgivelse?’ [East Timor: Too much forgiveness?] (on the forgiveness/accountability debate over serious crimes). May 2010, pp. 38-39

’Tyrkia: Omstridt oppgjør med “staten bak staten”’ [Turkey: Controversy over ‘the state behind the state’] (on the Ergenekon trial) December 2009, pp. 58-60

‘Forsoning gjennom felles historieskriving’  [Reconciliation Through Joint History Writing] (on alternative school textbooks in the Balkans) November 2009, pp. 20-22

‘India: Forventning om vekst, strid om fordeling’ [India: Expectation of Growth, Disputes over Distribution]. July/August 2009, pp. 44-46

‘Kypros: Dette er hindringene på veien mot fred’ [Cyprus: These are the Stumbling Blocks on the Road to Peace]. May 2009, p. 18

‘Afghanistans kriger og identiteter’ [Afghanistan’s Wars and Identities]. April 2009, pp. 36-39

‘Kampen om Kosovo er ikke over’ [The Battle Over Kosovo is Not Over]. February 2009,  pp. 14-17

INTERNATIONELLA STUDIER (Sweden)

‘Bosniens väg till upplösning’ [Bosnia’s path to disintegration] no. 3, 2010

‘Kypros-forhandlinger: God vilje, dårlig tid’ [Cyprus Negotiations: Good Will, Short on Time] no. 3, 2009

‘Etnisk splittring hotar Afghanistans och Iraks militära styrkor’ [Ethnic Fragmentation Threatens Afghanistan’s and Iraq’s Armed Forces] no. 1, 2009

E – THE ENVIRONMENTAL MAGAZINE

‘Electronic recycling done right’ (on electric and electronic waste in Norway)
07 June 2010

THE INDEPENDENT

‘The casualties of peace in Cyprus’ (on wildlife in the Green Line buffer zone). 08 December 2009

THE BROKER

‘Norwegian development cooperation: International peacemaker’. No. 17, December 2009

  
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

‘Cyprus: Are old friends offering new hope for unity?‘ 07 May 2009

 

LA VANGUARDIA DOSSIER (Spain)

’Afghanistan: El puzle etnico’  [Afghanistan: The Ethnic Puzzle]. No. 31, April/June, pp. 45-47 

BISTANDSAKTUELT 

 ‘Langt fram til minefritt Bosnia‘ [Bosnia’s Unsolved Landmine Problem]. Online 07.09.2009

‘Kosovo mellom krig og krise’ [Kosovo Between War and Crisis], No. 1, 2009, pp. 20-21

INFORMATION

A selection of feature stories and commentary that I wrote for the Danish newspaper while doing Russia research at PRIO.

‘Trafikal dramatik i Rusland’ [Traffic drama in Russia]. 15 November 2002

‘Det russiske folketal styrtdykker’ [Russia’s population count is nosediving]. 17 October 2002

‘Russere frygter kinesisk ”demografisk aggression”’ . [Russians fear Chinese ‘demographic aggression’]. 23 February 2002

‘Russerens ven og ødelægger’ [The Russian’s friend and destroyer] (on vodka). 16 January 1999

‘Rusland i kamp mod kriminalitet’ [Russia battling crime]. 17 July 1998

‘Ruslands unge skyr værnepligten’ [Russia’s youth eschew the military draft]. 29 April 1998

‘Jeltsin leger tsar med indenrigspolitikken’ [Yeltsin is playing tsar in domestic politics]. 25 March 1998

‘Stormagtsstatus på nåde og barmhjertighed’ [Great power status at others’ mercy] (on NATO enlargement). 02 July 1997