Ty McCormick | Foreign Policy

Ty McCormick is Africa Editor at Foreign Policy. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, he has reported from across much of Africa and the Middle East, including Egypt, Lebanon, Somalia, South Sudan, Burundi, Uganda, Malawi, Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. He was a finalist for the 2015 Kurt Schork Memorial Award for International Journalism. In addition to FP, he has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and National Geographic. Ty received his bachelor’s degree from Stanford University, and a master’s from the University of Oxford, where he was a Clarendon Scholar. He received a second master's degree from the Queen's University Belfast as a George J. Mitchell Scholar.

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The New York Times South Sudan Op-Ed That Wasn’t

The newspaper of record published an essay ostensibly co-written by South Sudan’s warring leaders. The problem is that one of them denies having any part in it.

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Foiled Kenya Anthrax Plot Hints At Islamic State’s Scramble For Africa

Outmaneuvered by al-Shabab in Somalia, is the Islamic State gunning for a comeback next door?

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U.S. Attacks Reveal Al-Shabab’s Strength, Not Weakness

The good news is that the Pentagon is wiping out Somali insurgents on the ground and from the air. The bad news is that al-Shabab keeps coming back stronger.

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Candidate Arrest, Social Media Blackout, and Clashes Mar Election Day in Uganda

Longtime President Yoweri Museveni is widely expected to win re-election, through means fair or foul.

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Is the U.S. Military Propping Up Uganda’s ‘Elected’ Autocrat?

Ugandan forces have used U.S. aid to fight terrorists. Will they also use it to crush opponents of the president?

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The Burundi Intervention That Wasn’t

When the African Union threatened to force a peacekeeping mission, Burundi called its bluff — and threw the pan-African body’s credibility into question in the process.

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The Last Newspaper in Burundi

Media houses have been shuttered, journalists attacked, and critics of the government murdered. But one broadsheet is still covering the African country's descent into chaos.