africa
What It Was Like to Be Joseph Kony's Bodyguard
An excerpt from When the Walking Defeats You, a book about a young man who became one the bodyguard to one of the 21st century's most notorious warlords before making his escape.
Photos of the African Migrant Community That Brought 90s Hip-Hop Culture to Tel Aviv
Tamara Abdul Hadi, who has been published by the New York Times, the Guardian, and Reuters, seeks to emphasize migrants' humanity in life, not just their dehumanizing deaths.
Photos of the DRC's Armed Citizen Militia
Diana Zeyneb Alhindawi shows us a candid side of the Raia Mutomboki, one of the largest rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The group's name is Kiswahili for "angry citizens."
Photos from Some of Africa's Most Exciting Contemporary Photographers
A new gallery show in Brooklyn explores the best new work coming out of the continent and its diaspora.
Congolese Women Are Using Liquid Seasoning to Give Themselves DIY Butt Implants
Watch this short clip from a new episode of 'STATES OF UNDRESS,' VICELAND's travel and fashion series, airing Wednesday, April 5.
The First HIV-Fighting Drones Have Been Deployed in Africa
The technology could reduce the time it takes to get an HIV diagnosis from months to days.
Boko Haram Is Starving in a Food Crisis of its Own Making
Boko Haram's actions are now catching up with its members. The group has been terrorizing the region for so long that Boko Haram itself is now suffering from a food crisis that it largely created.
Looking For Diamonds In War-Torn Central Africa
Amid civil unrest, the Central African Republic's diamond trade is failing to help the national economy or its people
How Donald Trump Is Making It Harder to Be an American Abroad
Donald Trump's long tenure at the top of the Republican presidential polls has many around the world concerned – and left a lot of Americans abroad in the awkward position of having to explain his rise.
Infographic: Traditional Medicine Fuels the Mass Slaughter of Wild Animals
Humans are uniquely gifted at driving other animals into extinction.
Why Are Millions of People Still Eating Cats?
While we'll happily chow down on all kinds of Mammalia—cows, sheep, goats, pigs, deer, and even adorable little lambs—the Western world still isn't so keen on eating cats and dogs.