Kristin Palitza - Journalist and Editor
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Kristin Paltiza is an award-winning, .
Africa, mainly covering social issues, German and UK print media, media.
South African, correspondent, editor, freelance writer, but is available for assignments anywhere on the continent. She writes news, in-depth features and analysis for the.
consultant and trainer. Previously, South.
politics, she worked as news editor for Inter Press Service (IPS) and zOOm Multimedia and was editor of women's rights journal Agenda.She lives and works in Cape Town, health and environment.

Her articles have also appeared in Forbes Africa, Monocle, the Guardian and TIME. She lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa, but regularly goes on assignment throughout the continent. Before joining dpa, her articles appeared in Forbes Africa, Monocle, the Guardian and TIME. She lives in Cape Town, South Africa, but regularly travels the continent on assignment. She has worked as a freelance journalist, news editor, editor and foreign correspondent. Kristin has reported from many parts of the African continent. She has covered the 2012 Sahel hunger crisis, post-election violence in Ivory Coast, interviewed militia and child soldiers in the DRC and investigated the dire situation of child tobacco labor in Malawi. Kristin also covered the civil conflict in the Central African Republic and most recently visited UN-troops in northern Mali. In 2009, she received an award for Humanitarian Reporting in Africa from the International Federation of the Red Cross. Kristin received a grant from the Fund for Investigate Journalism in Washington D.C. in 2011 to research a feature article on child labour on tobacco farms in Malawi. There was not a single blade of grass left for cows and sheep to feed on. 12 million people in the Sahel are faced with severe food insecurity and hunger. At the height of the tobacco harvest season, the lush, flowing fields of Malawi’s key tobacco growing district Kasungu are filled with working children who pick the big green-yellow leaves. Shrinking lakes, desertification, temperatures up to 50 degree Celcius and very little rainfall have caused severe food insecurity, risking the lives of millions, especially children. Many Tchadians have started to migrate in hope for better lives. The South African government recently issued a pharmaceutical company with a permit to research and plant Sceleltium, a plant that has been used for hundreds of years as a medicinal remedy by San and Khoi people. Recurring floods and droughts make it almost impossible for small-scale farmers to make an income, with many fighting for survival. The Red Cross helps farmers to increase their yields through several irrigation projects in the district. About 11,000 refugees from all over the continent have found shelter in Malawi's refuge camp in Dzaleka, where they anxiously hope for resettlement and a better future. In December 2009, two major earthquakes in Malawi's north caused the houses of thousands of rural residents to come crashing down, driving the poor even further into poverty. Nine months later, the rebuilding process has slowly begun, with most of the affected still living in tents or makeshift structures. Intimately related to the Niger river, Mali is the location of some of Africa's most interesting cultural sites. Legendary Timbuktu is located here, and in the center of the country is the magnificently dramatic Bandiagara escarpment, home to the fascinating culture of the Dogon. There’s a magic about Cambodia that casts a spell on many who visit this charming yet confounding kingdom. Ascend to the realm of the gods at the mother of all temples, Angkor Wat, a spectacular fusion of symbolism, symmetry and spirituality. Descend into the hell of Tuol Sleng and come face to face with the Khmer Rouge and its killing machine. Welcome to the conundrum that is Cambodia: a country with a history both inspiring and depressing. Just off the R27, the Milnerton Market offers the smell of the sea, a full view of Table Mountain and an industrial backdrop on the Paarden Island side. The wind usually blows over this bleak patch of sandy land and occasionally a freight train trundles by.