Amanda Sperber


Amanda Sperber is a journalist based in Nairobi and Mogadishu.

Articles by Amanda Sperber
Commuters stand in a line to curb the spread of the coronavirus as they proceed to board a ferry at the Likoni ferry terminal in Mombasa, Kenya, on March 27.
Commuters stand in a line to curb the spread of the coronavirus as they proceed to board a ferry at the Likoni ferry terminal in Mombasa, Kenya, on March 27.
A Somali soldier at Sanguuni military base south of Mogadishu on June 13, 2018.
A Somali soldier at Sanguuni military base south of Mogadishu on June 13, 2018.
A woman carries wood in an internally displaced persons camp in southwestern Somalia on Dec. 18, 2018, after hundreds of people in the region fled U.S. airstrikes targeting al-Shabab militants. (Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP/Getty Images)
A woman carries wood in an internally displaced persons camp in southwestern Somalia on Dec. 18, 2018, after hundreds of people in the region fled U.S. airstrikes targeting al-Shabab militants. (Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP/Getty Images)
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. William Zana, left, greets then-U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, on March 9, 2018. (Jonathan Ernst/AFP/Getty Images)
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. William Zana, left, greets then-U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, on March 9, 2018. (Jonathan Ernst/AFP/Getty Images)
A man prays at the burial of a friend on January 16, 2018 in Nairobi, Kenya after al-Shabab militants stormed the Dusit hotel complex.
A man prays at the burial of a friend on January 16, 2018 in Nairobi, Kenya after al-Shabab militants stormed the Dusit hotel complex.
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