Africa
Ahead of his appearance at the UK's Hay Festival, Roger Thurow, author of "The Last Hunger Season", gives an insight into the devastating effects of malnutrition.
Lloyd-Davies travelled to Minova in South Kivu province to report on the horror of the thousands of rape cases perpetrated by the Congolese national army, which is now facing its victims in court.
Nubians are African descendants of one of the most ancient civilizations in the world but recognition by their fellow Egyptians is an elusive thing.
Pulitzer Center grantee Tomas van Houtryve has spent months looking into North Korea from its tightly sealed borders.
From sectarian violence to political marginalization, Egypt' s Coptic Christians are being pushed aside in the Muslim majority.
Armed militias running illegal poaching and mining rackets and backed by a powerful army general come into conflict with conservation efforts—and the local population bears the brunt of the fallout.
Powerful supporters in security forces accused of complicity in brutal attacks by militia in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The neighborhood of garishly opulent mansions is aptly known to locals as "Cocainebougou," or Cocaine Town. It stands as testament to the sudden collapse of Mali.
Chinese companies are investing billions of dollars in pursuit of Congo's minerals. What do Congolese have to gain—and to fear—from China's rise?
In Kinshasa, Africa's fastest-growing city, a new haven for Congo's wealthy burdens some of its poor.
Subsistence mining is now Congo's largest employment sector—attracting adults and children alike. Chinese investment is driving its growth.
Amid the drug palaces of northern Mali, it's easy to see why this war will be hard to win.
Pulitzer Center education director Mark Schulte invites educators and students to join Paul Salopek on Twitter for a virtual campfire chat.