Even if China doesn’t pull back, Nigeria has a tough road ahead.

What is happening in Burundi is not yet a full-scale civil war or ethnic cleansing, but it may well be a prelude to genocide.

Guinea worm, a gruesome parasite, is on the brink of eradication. This is the way disease ends. Not with a bang but a whimper.

This kind of hazy, fog-of-war reporting from far afield fails to deliver the kind of illuminating coverage readers deserve.