Justin Lynch

Justin Lynch is a journalist based in South Sudan and an editorial fellow at the New America Foundation.

Stories by Justin Lynch

A Rohingya refugee reacts while holding his dead son after crossing the Naf river from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Whaikhyang on Oct. 9, 2017. (Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images)

Western Officials Ignored Myanmar’s Warning Signs of Genocide

Feature |

August 30, 2018, 12:36 PM

Young boys, children soldiers sit on February 10, 2015 with their rifles at a ceremony of the child soldiers disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration in Pibor oversawn by UNICEF and partners. UNICEF and its partners have overseen the release of another 300 children from the Cobra Faction armed group of former rebels of David Yau Yau. The children in Pibor, Jonglei State, surrendered their weapons and uniforms in a ceremony overseen by the South Sudan National Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Commission, and the Cobra Faction and supported by UNICEF. They were to spend their first night in an interim care center where they will be provided with food, water and clothing. They will also have access to health and psychosocial services. AFP PHOTO/Charles LOMODONG / AFP / CHARLES LOMODONG (Photo credit should read CHARLES LOMODONG/AFP/Getty Images)

Last Call to Cash In on a Vicious Civil War

Dispatch |

August 5, 2016, 1:55 PM

Sri Lanka's former president Mahinda Rajapaksa lights a lamp in Colombo on May 18, 2015 in commemoration of those who died six years ago in battles between Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) fighters and government troops at the end of the three decades old separatist conflict. Rajapaksa urged against any separatist wars in the future. The sixth anniversary of the killing of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Velupillai Prabhakaran is being marked in the first anniversary of the event under the new government of President Sirisena. AFP PHOTO / ISHARA S. KODIKARA (Photo credit should read Ishara S.KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images)

Rajapaksa on the Ropes

The South Asia Channel |

August 13, 2015, 1:49 PM

Iranians work on a section of a pipeline (on with are sticked Iranian and Pakistanese national flags) after the project was launched during a ceremony with presidents of Iran and Pakistan on March 11, 2013 in the Iranian border city of Chah Bahar. The two leaders jointly unveiled a plaque before shaking hands and offering prayers for the successful conclusion of the project, which involves the laying of a 780 kilometre (485 mile) section of the pipeline on the Pakistani side, expected to cost some $1.5 billion. AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)

The Janus State

The South Asia Channel |

June 12, 2015, 3:55 PM

Obama And Afghan President Karzai Hold Joint News Conf. At White House

The Spy Who Tried to Stop the Afghan War

The South Asia Channel |

March 26, 2015, 12:01 PM

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