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The Power Struggle Between Hematy and Burhan
Abdi Latif De is the East Africa correspondent at the New York Times. He explains how a 100-year-old fig tree in Nairobi, Kenya, stood in the path of a major expressway funded by China. There's an outcry to divert the highway rather than chop down the tree. "This tree basically gave me the opportunity to help our readers understand the nuanced and complicated issues in this region," he says.