Antony Loewenstein is an independent journalist who’s written for the New York Times and Guardian, film-maker and author of “Disaster Capitalism: Making a Killing Out of Catastrophe” and “Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs.”
Nairobi, KENYA: Kenyan police officers load part of 1.2 tonnes of cocaine before it is incinerated 31 March 2006 in Nairobi. Kenyan authorities destroyed about 1.2 tonnes of cocaine seized in 2004, a record haul that had become the subject of corruption and evidence-tampering allegations. AFP PHOTO/TONY KARUMBA (Photo credit should read TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images)
South Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA) national army soldiers gather after capturing the town of Bentiu, on January 12, 2014. Mediators pushed hard for a ceasefire in South Sudan as fighting raged today for the last rebel-held town and the full extent of the destruction wrought began to emerge. With up to 10,000 dead and nearly half a million displaced, the full scale of the destruction inflicted on the world's youngest nation is just starting to become clear. AFP PHOTO / SIMON MAINA (Photo credit should read SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images)
