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Samuel Oakford’s Biography

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Samuel Oakford’s Journalist Portfolio

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Allowing Another Rwanda

Allowing Another Rwanda

Shortly after a mob looted his Bangui neighborhood and killed a Muslim man in broad daylight in December, Kha…

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Global Drug Policy Is Still Deadly and Ineffective | VICE News

Global Drug Policy Is Still Deadly and Ineffective | VICE News

On April 19, Jannat Mir, a boy from Afghanistan, reportedly only 15 years old, was hanged in Dastgerd prison …

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Ending AIDS in the City Where It Began

Ending AIDS in the City Where It Began

Active Citizens, Civil Society, Editors' Choice, Featured, Gender Identity, Headlines, Health, Human Rights, …

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More U.N. States Quietly Say No to Drug War

More U.N. States Quietly Say No to Drug War

Civil Society, Crime & Justice, Featured, Global Geopolitics, Headlines, Health, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshous…

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Mayor Who Let Them Eat Cake Now Eating Crow

Mayor Who Let Them Eat Cake Now Eating Crow

Active Citizens, Civil Society, Economy & Trade, Editors' Choice, Featured, Headlines, North America, Poverty…

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A Complicated Calculus in South Sudan

A Complicated Calculus in South Sudan

Africa, Armed Conflicts, Democracy, Featured, Global Governance, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emerge…

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Trump administration used oilman facing Swiss arrest warrant to help in Venezuela

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By Samuel Oakford Verified, Samantha Schmidt Verified, Anthony Faiola Verified, Karen DeYoung Verified
| Yahoo Verified
Senior U.S. officials intervened in an international criminal investigation into a Venezuelan businessman who was enlisted by the Trump administration to help assert control over Venezuela's government and oil industries, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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Covert CIA program said to be behind mysterious attacks on Galápagos boats

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By Imogen Piper, Ellen Nakashima Verified, Samantha Schmidt Verified, Samuel Oakford Verified, Warren Strobel Verified, Alex Horton Verified, Aaron Schaffer Verified
| The Washington Post Verified
Covert CIA program said to be behind mysterious attacks on Galápagos boats (washingtonpost.com) Covert CIA program said to be behind mysterious attacks on Galápagos boats By Imogen Piper; Ellen Nakashima; Samantha Schmidt; Samuel Oakford; Warren P. Strobel; Alex Horton; Aaron Schaffer 2026081316310200 The mysterious strikes targeting multiple Ecuadorian fishing boats near the Galápagos Islands this year were carried out as part of a covert CIA program, The Washington Post has learned.
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See how Google Earth let people make fake scenes of bombings, riots and destruction

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By Shira Ovide Verified, Samuel Oakford Verified
| The Washington Post Verified
See how Google Earth let people make fake scenes of bombings, riots and destruction (washingtonpost.com) See how Google Earth let people make fake scenes of bombings, riots and destruction By Shira Ovide; Samuel Oakford 2026073120320100 Google rolled out Thursday a new feature that let anyone generate artificial intelligence images and superimpose them onto satellite maps of the real world.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

UN Correspondent

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, used to use my parents'.

How is social media changing news?

It helps news spread rapidly, helps with source checking. But it also serves to homogenize content just as rapidly, makes world seem smaller.