Kate Bartlett

Correspondent covering Africa

Kate Bartlett covered Zimbabwe’s military coup, hunger and child soldiers in Congo, and Jacob Zuma’s departure and trials in South Africa. Earlier, while working in Cambodia, she reported on the tribunal trying senior Khmer Rouge leaders. Her experience connects field reporting with examination of institutions tasked with accountability for violence. For VOA, she also explored Chinese-US competition for influence in the Seychelles and the effects of climate change on island communities. Her proposed candidacy rests on explaining difficult conflicts and geopolitics through local experience rather than government declarations alone.