Sophie Pilgrim

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Sophie Pilgrim covers the United Nations in New York for FRANCE 24 online and Radio France Internationale. At the UN, her reporting focuses mainly on Africa and the Middle East. She has covered sexual abuse scandals in Central African Republic, peacekeeping operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the international response to the Syrian conflict. She was previously based in Paris, where she helped found FRANCE 24’s award-winning collaborative journalism project, The Observers. Pilgrim’s work has appeared in Al-Monitor, Vice magazine and the Financial Times. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Southampton Solent University, where she also passed her National Training for the Council of Journalists exams.

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Reporting

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In Pictures: DR Congo’s Disabled Couriers ‘Abandoned’ by Government

Africa © Sophie Pilgrim, FRANCE 24 | Disabled couriers sit on a tricycle used to transport goods across the border to Rwanda Text by Sophie PILGRIM Follow sophiepilgrim on twitter Latest update : 2016-04-15 For…
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Smugglers Work on the Dark Side of Rwanda’s Plastic Bag Ban

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo – A ban on plastic bags may have earned Rwanda high praise from the international community, but the country’s failure to account for the people – mostly women – who…