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.

Postcards from the Hell : East Africa

CAPTIONS BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON |

Postcards from Hell : East Africa

CAPTIONS BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON |