Africa

Photographing the Survivors of Boko Haram

Ruth McDowall's subjects face away from the camera to protect them from repeat attacks and community stigma.

Four Blind Mice

Angry About Cecil the Lion’s Death? Take It Out on the Republican Congress.

The GOP is waging a war on the Endangered Species Act, and on the agency charged with enforcing it

Sierra Leone’s Rich and Powerful Are Breaking the Ebola Burial Rules

And it's putting everyone at risk

Stop Trying to Save the World

Big ideas are destroying international development

A GOP Senator Objects to Emergency Ebola Funding Because It 'Focuses on Africa'

Is Ebola Here to Stay? “That’s Our Biggest Fear."

This new test will be key to separating Ebola from other sicknesses

Heartless but Effective: I've Seen 'Cordon Sanitaire' Work Against Ebola

I'm an Ebola Doctor Working in Liberia. Giving Every Patient That Rare Serum Doesn't Make Sense.

You'll Probably Never Catch Ebola—So Why Is the Disease So Terrifying?

Americans Think Africa Is One Big Wild Animal Reserve

Delta and 'The Lion King' are part of our long history of stereotyping the continent

Hell Is an Understatement

A report from the bloody, crumbling Central African Republic

Comic Book Convinces Kenyans to Dye Their Chickens Pink

It does good things for education, too.

How Did Zimbabwe Become So Poor—And Yet So Expensive?

The shockingly high prices of one of Africa's most impoverished countries

Africa's Obsession with Shopping Malls

Al Shabab attacked the perfect symbol of Kenya's rise

The Next Darfur?

In Sudan's Rebel-Held Nuba Mountains, War Rages On