En Route to Liberia Even for a veteran of foreign assignments, sometimes just getting there can be the hardest part. Read More
On Brewing Banana Beer Once guzzled at social ceremonies, this potent libation long ago fell out of favor on Tanzania’s Ukerewe Island. But one aging brewmaster is keeping the tradition alive.
A Dispatch From the Other Side of War Fighting has started again in the world’s youngest country. But an old truth still reigns: women always pay a high price for wars started by men.
The West African Diaries After working as a correspondent in Africa, a British writer discovers an album of photographs mysteriously taken in Sierra Leone during the 19th century.
The Hyenas of Harar A trip to an Ethiopian city for a feeding ritual that shows that we can all get along, at least when there’s enough food to go around.
Failed Revolution: Q&A with Jan‑Joseph Stok On the 50th anniversary of Che Guevara’s secret mission to Congo, a photographer revisits the past.
The Humblest Uniform in Congo: Q&A with Simone Bazos All kinds of troops walk around the city of Goma. The military, the police, UN peacekeepers and soldiers. And then there are the Scouts.
A Survey in Djibouti Barbara Wanjala writes about her short, ill-fated attempt to research democracy in a not-so-democratic country. On behalf of the Americans, of course.