The choice he had: between a life of boredom in a displaced persons camp or joining the armed struggle. A dispatch from among the Kachin Independence Army of northern Burma.
At Large
Witch trials, whispers of genocide, and colonialism's real legacy—our final dispatch from the Central African Republic.
Traveling the countryside of the world's second-poorest nation: another in a series of dispatches from the Central African Republic.
Visiting with rival agonistes in the struggle over the Central African Republic. The third in a series of dispatches.
From a decaying airport lounge to fighting on the streets of Bangui—phantoms of the past loom large over the current conflict in the Central African Republic. The second in a series of dispatches.
The Central African Republic is an un-country—a violent playground for outsiders and locals alike to exploit and bamboozle each other. This is the first in a series of dispatches from the region.