Reporting From Mogadishu – Jeffrey Gettleman

Jeffrey Gettleman calls Somalia the “most dangerous place in the world.” The East Africa bureau chief for the New York Times tells Fresh Air ’s Terry Gross that the country — where violent rebels fight for control and wreak havoc in villages nationwide — is just as hopeless as it was in 1991, when the central government collapsed. “There’s no green zone. There’s no one part of Somalia that’s safe,” Gettleman says.

Tension high in key Ethiopia election region

MIDAKEGNE, Ethiopia (Reuters) – Forty policemen march two-by-two through a remote Ethiopian town drawing stares from local farmers for their incongruous high-tech stab vests, body armour and riot helmets.

Cultures collide in Siouxland over legality of khat plant

In East Africa, growing and partaking of the native plant khat is a traditional part of the culture.