Maren Sæbø is an award-winning Norwegian freelance journalist, foreign affairs commentator and editor for the website Bundu. She is based in Oslo, but frequently found traveling on the African continent.

Maren is also a long-standing board member of the Foundation for a Critical and Investigative Press (SKUP).

She was editor of Verdensmagasinet X from 2008 to 2015. Now she writes regularly for Dagsavisen, as well as freelance elsewhere. She is also a long-standing board member of the Foundation for a Critical and Investigative Press (SKUP) and has worked part-time at Faktisk.no.

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) awarded her the Perspective Award for "Best Foreign Mediator 2014".

In 2015, Sæbø received the "International Reporters Journalist Award" for her insightful reports about Nigeria and the Boko Haram problem. In May 2019, she received the Annette Thommessen's honorary award 

Maren grew up in Oslo and Angola, and has a degree in history from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa.

 

Maren Saeboe

Basic information

Name
Maren Saeboe
Title
Journalist
Expertise
Africa, Angola, Sudan, Boko Haram, foreign affairs
Country
Norway
City
Oslo
Twitter
@marensab

Supported projects

Mine games: Europe’s hunt for critical raw materials

  • Data Journalism
  • Energy
  • Industry

KIRUNA - This investigation sheds light on what lies beneath the EU’s ‘green mining’ ambitions, and offers a unique perspective on the continent’s quest for critical raw materials, such as lithium, nickel, copper and rare earth elements needed for the future.

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looking for alternatives to China and Russia to dig crucial minerals

How Europe Co-financed Sudan’s Notorious Paramilitary Group

  • Armed conflict
  • Corruption

EUROPE/SUDAN - This series of investigative reports looks at a private security company belonging to the RSF shadow economy and at its clients – European and Western embassies, aid and developmental organizations.

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