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Brenna Daldorph

Brenna Daldorph is a Kansas girl now based in London after many years in Paris. She often reports on human rights and resilience among children and young people. In the past few years, she's reported from Kenya, the Central African Republic and Nigeria. More than anything else, she has a penchant for stories about people.    
Conflict & Justice
‘Objects hold energy’: Author posits that British Museum in London is full of ghosts
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Author posits that British Museum is full of ghosts
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Video still from the one-year vigil for Christopher Kapessa.
BLM brings new hope for Wales family seeking justice for Black teen’s death 
refill station
Lifestyle
Meet the consultant who can help your business go zero waste
A woman stands on a sandy beach wearing a blue jacket with her hands in her pockets and her hair blowing in the wind.
Environment
Can UK communities go ‘plastic free’ with cultural shift?
mom and son and one of their chickens
Can you go plastic free? This London family did.
Food
Meet Nigeria’s small but growing vegetarian and vegan community
Yusra, played by Rhianna Merralls, struggles to fall asleep in the play, "Wherever I Lay My Head," performed in London City Hall.
Chronic insomnia plagues young migrants long after they reach their destination
Fortuné, 16, used to have a spaghetti-and-coffee kiosk in Bangui. But it was dismantled one night. So now he's pinning his dreams on his singing group.
Music
A teenager from the Central African Republic puts his faith in Divine Efficiency
Inmates at Kamiti Maximum Prison in Kenya wait to vote.
Justice
In Kenya this month, prisoners voted for president for the first time ever
Kenyan rapper Octopizzo grew up in the Kibera slum and still has a house there. He has been speaking out against police violence he witnessed against protestors who congregated in the slum the day after the results of Kenya's election were announced.
Conflict
After witnessing police shoot protesters, Kenyan rapper Octopizzo says ‘who will speak out if I don’t?’
Ben and Salma are Kenyan students studying journalism at the Nairobi community news hub, Habari Kibra. They are looking out over their home town, Kibera, one of the largest slums in the world.
Global Politics
Student journalists in Kenya’s largest slum have their own stories about the country’s elections
Peace messages by graffiti artist Solo7 adorn Nairobi's Kibera slum in the run-up to the election on August 8.
Global Politics
Kenyans worry ‘fake news’ might spark more election violence
Le Pen Macron posters
Global Politics
Why French pollsters do it better
Ladi, Glory and Mary, three of the escaped Chibok girls, stroll through the gardens of the American University of Nigeria, in Yola, Nigeria. They've received scholarships to go to school at AUN.
Education
Some of the Chibok girls are getting an education and a new future
Fortuné gets up at 4 a.m. to prepare homemade spaghetti, which he starts selling at his stand at 6 a.m.
Development
Fortuné’s big dreams and small spaghetti business