ABSTRACT
In April 2008, author was a general assignment reporter at the CBS affiliate in Waco, Texas. It was his first job out of university and he loved it. But he yearned for home, which was for him the town of Bulawayo, in the southern African nation of Zimbabwe. Robyn Kriel is an award-winning correspondent and anchor for CNN. A journalist with a wealth of experience, Kriel has covered major news stories across Africa. Kriel reported on President Barack Obama's 2015 visit to East Africa, US Secretary of State John Kerry's visit to Somalia and the discovery of the MH370 debris on Reunion Island. Kriel's early career was spent covering Zimbabwe's economic and political meltdown. This included the 2007 price control crisis, the state crackdown on media and civil society groups and the 2008 March elections. Kriel's career has also taken her outside of Africa.
