The first rays of the sun cast a soft golden glow over Galkayo, a ramshackle city of tin hovels and tents in north central Somalia. The Muslim call to prayer is being broadcast over cracked speakers perched on top of a nearby Mosque and the dusty streets are almost empty...

Blemieplay, Nimba County, Liberia -- Yyes Gbah, 33, was tending to his field in Zouan-Hounien, a rural town in Ivory Coast near the border with Liberia, earlier this month when he was suddenly attacked by a group of machete-wielding men. When his brother Romain went looking for him hours later,...

One year ago the Pakistani military launched an offensive to drive Taliban militants from Pakistan's Swat Valley. More than two million people fled the fighting, provoking a massive humanitarian crisis. Now, the worst floods in Pakistan's history have created even greater destruction and displacement.

I am travelling with a team...

An hour's drive north of Bocaranga in Central African Republic's northwestern highlands, a crudely-fashioned gate marks the border between rebel-held territory and areas controlled by the government. Three young men from the insurgent Peoples' Army for the Restoration of Democracy (APRD), armed with long knives and handmade rifles, lift the...

Prospèr Honagali's plight encapsulates the tragedy of his country. The 50-year-old priest from the Central African Republic lost half of his family -- 15 people -- between 2007 and 2009. Their lives were claimed by violent crime, political conflict and disease, all of which are rampant in this war-torn and...

Storm clouds are gathering and the wind is tugging at the plastic sheeting covering the hundreds of makeshift shelters that comprise the Mungote camp in Congo's troubled North Kivu province. Over 30,000 people live here, unable to work and with little access to food.

The camp sits on a large...