Sophie Neiman
@sophie-neiman.bsky.social
Journalist covering conflict and human rights | living in Kampala | trying to keep print reporting alive |
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Sophie Neiman
@sophie-neiman.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Here goes my first post! I’m a freelance journalist living in Kampala, and covering conflict and human rights across East Africa. I’m passionate about telling women’s stories, and elevating perspectives overlooked in mainstream media. Looking forward to connecting and chatting here!
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What traces of Indigenous American history lie within English country houses? In our latest article, Lauren Working and Stephanie Pratt explore how trade and tobacco shaped a famous stately home.
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October 7, 2025 at 7:30 AM
What traces of Indigenous American history lie within English country houses? In our latest article, Lauren Working and Stephanie Pratt explore how trade and tobacco shaped a famous stately home.
www.historyworkshop....
www.historyworkshop....
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Here's @sophie-neiman.bsky.social's latest for @afp.com, on how palliative care reshaped the Ugandan health sector. Photo credit to fellow IPAU member Katumba Badru Sultan!
Dr. Anne Merriman, who died in May at 90, pioneered palliative care in Africa. In 1993, only 3 countries offered it. By her death, her Ugandan hospice had cared for 40,000 people—and her model had reached 37 countries. For @en.afp.com with 📸 by Katumba Badru👇
www.barrons.com/news/legacy-...
www.barrons.com/news/legacy-...
July 3, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Here's @sophie-neiman.bsky.social's latest for @afp.com, on how palliative care reshaped the Ugandan health sector. Photo credit to fellow IPAU member Katumba Badru Sultan!
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Uganda is one of the largest coffee producers in the world - but women's roles in the industry are often overlooked. Thanks to Patrick Onen for sharing his story on a women-led coffee business in Mbale:
www.africanews.com/2025/05/10/h...
www.africanews.com/2025/05/10/h...
How Ugandan women are taking control of the coffee business | Africanews
In the hills of eastern Uganda, women coffee farmers are gaining long-overdue financial power and respect through a bold initiative that pays them more than men for their harvests
www.africanews.com
July 2, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Uganda is one of the largest coffee producers in the world - but women's roles in the industry are often overlooked. Thanks to Patrick Onen for sharing his story on a women-led coffee business in Mbale:
www.africanews.com/2025/05/10/h...
www.africanews.com/2025/05/10/h...
Dr. Anne Merriman, who died in May at 90, pioneered palliative care in Africa. In 1993, only 3 countries offered it. By her death, her Ugandan hospice had cared for 40,000 people—and her model had reached 37 countries. For @en.afp.com with 📸 by Katumba Badru👇
www.barrons.com/news/legacy-...
www.barrons.com/news/legacy-...
July 2, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Dr. Anne Merriman, who died in May at 90, pioneered palliative care in Africa. In 1993, only 3 countries offered it. By her death, her Ugandan hospice had cared for 40,000 people—and her model had reached 37 countries. For @en.afp.com with 📸 by Katumba Badru👇
www.barrons.com/news/legacy-...
www.barrons.com/news/legacy-...
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New article out today! I interviewed Prof. Derek Peterson about A Popular History of Idi Amin's Uganda - a new book that explores why so many young nationalists chose to lend their talents to a violent dictatorship.
www.geeska.com/en/derek-pet...
www.geeska.com/en/derek-pet...
Derek Peterson: ‘What I try to do is to explain why demagogues like Amin possess the power to convince ’
Derek Peterson, the author of a new history of Idi Amin’s Uganda, reflects on how ordinary people lived and worked under a violent dictatorship.
www.geeska.com
June 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
New article out today! I interviewed Prof. Derek Peterson about A Popular History of Idi Amin's Uganda - a new book that explores why so many young nationalists chose to lend their talents to a violent dictatorship.
www.geeska.com/en/derek-pet...
www.geeska.com/en/derek-pet...
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Congratulations to IPAU co-chair @sophie-neiman.bsky.social for winning the Gaby Rado Award from Amnesty International! Sophie won the award for her reporting on women's experiences of war in eastern DRC.
June 11, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Congratulations to IPAU co-chair @sophie-neiman.bsky.social for winning the Gaby Rado Award from Amnesty International! Sophie won the award for her reporting on women's experiences of war in eastern DRC.
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Hello world! We're the International Press Association of Uganda - a community of journalists and photographers working for global news outlets. We're going to be using this account to showcase of recent work by journalists based in Uganda, so follow us if you're interested in hearing more!
June 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Hello world! We're the International Press Association of Uganda - a community of journalists and photographers working for global news outlets. We're going to be using this account to showcase of recent work by journalists based in Uganda, so follow us if you're interested in hearing more!
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Huge congrats to Sophie for her award-winning reporting! It's so well deserved and a testament to the extraordinary women she profiled.
So honored to share that my reporting about women in Congo won the Gaby Rado Award from @amnestyuk.bsky.social
last night. What an honor it is! #AmnestyMediaAwards
last night. What an honor it is! #AmnestyMediaAwards
June 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Huge congrats to Sophie for her award-winning reporting! It's so well deserved and a testament to the extraordinary women she profiled.
So honored to share that my reporting about women in Congo won the Gaby Rado Award from @amnestyuk.bsky.social
last night. What an honor it is! #AmnestyMediaAwards
last night. What an honor it is! #AmnestyMediaAwards
June 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
So honored to share that my reporting about women in Congo won the Gaby Rado Award from @amnestyuk.bsky.social
last night. What an honor it is! #AmnestyMediaAwards
last night. What an honor it is! #AmnestyMediaAwards
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Malcolm X was born one hundred years ago today. It's impossible to distil his complicated legacy into a single idea - but as the US government continues to enable serious global injustice, his efforts to put Black Americans in touch with African and Asian activists seem as relevant as ever.
May 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Malcolm X was born one hundred years ago today. It's impossible to distil his complicated legacy into a single idea - but as the US government continues to enable serious global injustice, his efforts to put Black Americans in touch with African and Asian activists seem as relevant as ever.
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Journalists bear witness. But what they see can be almost impossible to make sense of, as our correspondent discovered in eastern Congo. #Africa #war #Congo www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...
In Congo, a reporter returns to a city transformed by war
On the front lines of war in eastern Congo, a Monitor reporter struggled to make sense of the suffering she witnessed.
www.csmonitor.com
May 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Journalists bear witness. But what they see can be almost impossible to make sense of, as our correspondent discovered in eastern Congo. #Africa #war #Congo www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...
I wrote in first person for a change--reflecting on the deep difficulties journalists face when we must bear witness to truly senseless violence and suffering. My latest from Goma for @csmonitor.bsky.social 👇
www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...
www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...
In Congo, a reporter returns to a city transformed by war
On the front lines of war in eastern Congo, a Monitor reporter struggled to make sense of the suffering she witnessed.
www.csmonitor.com
May 12, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I wrote in first person for a change--reflecting on the deep difficulties journalists face when we must bear witness to truly senseless violence and suffering. My latest from Goma for @csmonitor.bsky.social 👇
www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...
www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...
After taking the city of Goma, M23 forced displaced people to go back home. This is a possible war crime, so I went to one village to see how people are rebuilding amid destroyed houses and fields littered with ammunition. My latest from Congo 👇
www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...
www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...
Near war’s front lines, a Congolese village hesitantly rebuilds
In February, rebels conquered eastern Congo’s largest city, forcing displaced people sheltering there to return to homes in the middle of a war zone.
www.csmonitor.com
May 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
After taking the city of Goma, M23 forced displaced people to go back home. This is a possible war crime, so I went to one village to see how people are rebuilding amid destroyed houses and fields littered with ammunition. My latest from Congo 👇
www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...
www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...
My latest @csmonitor.bsky.social 👇
Near war’s front lines, a Congolese village hesitantly rebuilds
Near war’s front lines, a Congolese village hesitantly rebuilds
www.csmonitor.com
May 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
My latest @csmonitor.bsky.social 👇
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Near war’s front lines, a Congolese village hesitantly rebuilds
Near war’s front lines, a Congolese village hesitantly rebuilds
www.csmonitor.com
May 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Near war’s front lines, a Congolese village hesitantly rebuilds
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From Palestinians in Gaza to migrants being deported from the U.S., displaced people around the world are being compelled to return to homes that are still unsafe. Here is what that looks like in one Congolese village. #war #conflict #africa
www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...
www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...
Near war’s front lines, a Congolese village hesitantly rebuilds
In February, rebels conquered eastern Congo’s largest city, forcing displaced people sheltering there to return to homes in the middle of a war zone.
www.csmonitor.com
May 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
From Palestinians in Gaza to migrants being deported from the U.S., displaced people around the world are being compelled to return to homes that are still unsafe. Here is what that looks like in one Congolese village. #war #conflict #africa
www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...
www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...
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THE TELEGRAPH: ‘It’s a death sentence’: the families scraping a living in Uganda’s new gold rush www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telegraphnews.bsky.social @sophie-neiman.bsky.social @simontownsley.bsky.social #photojournalism #journalism #photography
‘It’s a death sentence’: the families scraping a living in Uganda’s new gold rush
As the climate gets ever hotter and drier, thousands have been forced into scouring the soil for riches
www.telegraph.co.uk
April 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
THE TELEGRAPH: ‘It’s a death sentence’: the families scraping a living in Uganda’s new gold rush www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt... @telegraphnews.bsky.social @sophie-neiman.bsky.social @simontownsley.bsky.social #photojournalism #journalism #photography
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THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: The world looked away from Congo’s rape crisis. She did not. www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...? @csmonitor.bsky.social @sophie-neiman.bsky.social #photojournalism #journalism #photography
The world looked away from Congo’s rape crisis. She did not.
This year, a rebel army called M23 has captured large sections of eastern Congo, exposing women there to a familiar weapon of war: rape.
www.csmonitor.com
April 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: The world looked away from Congo’s rape crisis. She did not. www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...? @csmonitor.bsky.social @sophie-neiman.bsky.social #photojournalism #journalism #photography
When Rwandan-backed M23 rebels invaded Goma, some 50 rape survivors arrived at Jeanne Nacatche Banyere's door. But Maman Jeanne could do little more than write their names and offer a hug. Her women's shelter had run out out of funds. 👇
www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...
www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...
The world looked away from Congo’s rape crisis. She did not.
This year, a rebel army called M23 has captured large sections of eastern Congo, exposing women there to a familiar weapon of war: rape.
www.csmonitor.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
When Rwandan-backed M23 rebels invaded Goma, some 50 rape survivors arrived at Jeanne Nacatche Banyere's door. But Maman Jeanne could do little more than write their names and offer a hug. Her women's shelter had run out out of funds. 👇
www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...
www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...
My reporting from Goma for @csmonitor.bsky.social. This is the first in a series about life under M23 occupation.
The world looked away from Congo’s rape crisis. She did not.
The world looked away from Congo’s rape crisis. She did not.
www.csmonitor.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
My reporting from Goma for @csmonitor.bsky.social. This is the first in a series about life under M23 occupation.
Reposted by Sophie Neiman
The world looked away from Congo’s rape crisis. She did not.
The world looked away from Congo’s rape crisis. She did not.
www.csmonitor.com
April 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The world looked away from Congo’s rape crisis. She did not.
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Caught between climate change and big, extractive companies, the artisanal miners of Karamoja know the true price of gold. More with my latest for @telegraphnews.bsky.social / @telglobalhealth.bsky.social with stunning photos from @simontownsley.bsky.social. 👇
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
‘It’s a death sentence’: the families scraping a living in Uganda’s new gold rush
As the climate gets ever hotter and drier, thousands have been forced into scouring the soil for riches
www.telegraph.co.uk
March 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Caught between climate change and big, extractive companies, the artisanal miners of Karamoja know the true price of gold. More with my latest for @telegraphnews.bsky.social / @telglobalhealth.bsky.social with stunning photos from @simontownsley.bsky.social. 👇
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Caught between climate change and big, extractive companies, the artisanal miners of Karamoja know the true price of gold. More with my latest for @telegraphnews.bsky.social / @telglobalhealth.bsky.social with stunning photos from @simontownsley.bsky.social. 👇
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
‘It’s a death sentence’: the families scraping a living in Uganda’s new gold rush
As the climate gets ever hotter and drier, thousands have been forced into scouring the soil for riches
www.telegraph.co.uk
March 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Caught between climate change and big, extractive companies, the artisanal miners of Karamoja know the true price of gold. More with my latest for @telegraphnews.bsky.social / @telglobalhealth.bsky.social with stunning photos from @simontownsley.bsky.social. 👇
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
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Fascinating work by @sophie-neiman.bsky.social in The Telegraph today on the changing climate of northern Uganda and the communities turning to small-scale gold mining to make ends meet.
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
‘It’s a death sentence’: the families scraping a living in Uganda’s new gold rush
As the climate gets ever hotter and drier, thousands have been forced into scouring the soil for riches
www.telegraph.co.uk
March 7, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Fascinating work by @sophie-neiman.bsky.social in The Telegraph today on the changing climate of northern Uganda and the communities turning to small-scale gold mining to make ends meet.
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
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New article out today! I wrote about the African Association - an influential network of anti-colonial activists based in the heart of Nasser's Egypt. You can read it at @historywo.bsky.social here:
African Activism in Anticolonial Cairo
In the 1950s-60s, the African Association in Cairo became a hub for anticolonial activists from across the world. Alex White examines the role of transnational activists who shaped the anticolonial mo...
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
March 4, 2025 at 7:34 AM
New article out today! I wrote about the African Association - an influential network of anti-colonial activists based in the heart of Nasser's Egypt. You can read it at @historywo.bsky.social here: