Our Favorite Roads & Kingdoms Food Stories R&K editors choose their favorite food writing from the last five years.
In the Land of Frankincense The isolated territory of Somaliland sees the industry as both a blessing and a curse.
15 Things to Know Before You Go to Hargeisa The capital of Somaliland challenges media-soaked preconceptions about the region – but visitors should be prepared to eat a lot of camel meat, and mind the acrobats.
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.
The Chairman of Melilla Migrants keep dying in Italy’s waters, but for true immigration dystopia, look no further than Spain’s barricaded enclave of Melilla.
How Do You Like Your Camel Meat? Can the desert’s beast of burden save a de facto nation’s struggling economy? Mark Hay investigates.
Mogadishu, Somalia. Mission: Ice Cream Nastasya Tay and Daniel Howden on a heavily-armed late-night drive through Mogadishu, as told in Google Maps.