Steve Simon

Rwanda Initiative

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Photojournalist who has spent several years focusing on Africa and worked on the Rwanda Initiative, in which Canadian journalists collaborated on stories with Rwandan journalists, and author of Heroines & Heroes: Hope, HIV and Africa

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Steve Simon on KCRW

President Trump made good on a campaign promise. The U.S. is out of the “horrible” “one-sided” Iran nuclear deal. Can it stop Iran from restoring its nuclear program?

After the Iran Nuclear Deal: Does Trump have a Plan B

President Trump made good on a campaign promise. The U.S. is out of the “horrible” “one-sided” Iran nuclear deal. Can it stop Iran from restoring its nuclear program?

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The West has always had a complicated history with Africa.

Africa and the Unintended Consequences of Western Engagement

The West has always had a complicated history with Africa.

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