Terrorism
A year ago, Mali was seen as a model for the rest of Africa. Today, it's a cautionary tale about how quickly a country can fail in the face of corruption, political instability and militant Islam.
Tom Hundley shares this weeks reporting on the rare manuscripts smuggled from inside Timbuktu's hallowed libraries, child laborers in Burkina Faso and a conflict free tin mining initiative in the DRC...
Senior Editor Tom Hundley shares this week's reporting—from Britain's budget blues to rape as a weapon of war in the DRC.
Last November soldiers from the Congolese Army went on a rampage of looting and rape in the market town of Minova, in Eastern DRC. For the first time, perpetrators reveal what motivates them to rape.
Barack Obama did not visit Sheikh Jarrah on his trip to the Holy Land last month. Had he done so, he would have seen firsthand a trip wire to peace in the region.
Pulitzer Center grantee Tomas van Houtryve has spent months looking into North Korea from its tightly sealed borders.
A new law makes acid attacks a crime, but justice remains elusive for victims like Sidra Yasmeen. She recently won a court case against her attackers.
Amid the drug palaces of northern Mali, it's easy to see why this war will be hard to win.
With President Obama on a visit to Israel, journalist Sarah Wildman discusses her reporting on the eternally divided city of Jerusalem.
In northern Mali, far from Western eyes, a powerful Al Qaeda affiliate has managed to carve out what is effectively a new country. What they do with it will determine the future of the war on terror.
We were halfway to Timbuktu when we heard the pop. It was just after 3:45 p.m., and we’d been bouncing along the unpaved, deeply-rutted dirt road which leads to Timbuktu for nearly eight hours.
Journalist Mujib Mashal reports on trans-boundary water issues in Afghanistan.
Al Jazeera English's program "Listening Post" examines why journalists are finding it difficult to cover the story in Mali. It features an interview with Pulitzer Center grantee Peter Chilson.