David McGuffin is a broadcast journalist, podcast host and producer who reports on Canada for National Public Radio. Prior his return home to Ottawa, he was a Supervising Editor with National Public Radio in Washington, DC on its flagship news and current affairs program, Morning Edition. In 2010 he helped launch Voice of America's South Sudan radio service, as its Managing Editor. From 2004 until 2010, he was the Africa Correspondent for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, reporting for its television, radio and digital news services. From his base in Nairobi, Kenya, he re-asserted CBC's presence on the continent, regularly reporting from conflict zones in Darfur, Congo, Somalia and Afghanistan. He also covered a wide range of social, economic, and cultural issues affecting Africa, tra