Outside the Beltway

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize Laureate comes from a part of the world that most people almost never think about.

Robert Mugabe led a nation to independence only to become a dictator who destroyed its economy, has died at the age of 95.

The Ebola outbreak that began last year in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is still a problem, and still threatening to spread.

The response to the latest outbreak of the Ebola Virus has both succeeded and failed in several response.

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has reached a major urban center.

Ebola is making a reappearance in Central Africa.. Will the world be better prepared this time?

A well-meaning journalist brushes off critiques by experts in the field. He owes it to his readers to keep learning.

The Nigerian terrorist group has released an unknown number of the 110 girls kidnapped from a boarding school last month.

Service members deployed to Algeria, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Niger, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Tunisia, and Uganda qualify.

Under Nelson Mandela’s leadership, the country made a smooth transition from apartheid. Now it’s going the way of Zimbabwe.

After nearly four decades in power, Robert Mugabe has stepped down after a military coup. What happens next is another, more complicated, question.

The next step in Zimbabwe seems entirely unclear as long-time dictator Robert Mugabe refuses to formally give up power.

After more than thirty years in power, Robert Mugabe is on his way out in Zimbabwe, but that doesn’t mean things will improve.

The U.S. is poised to send troops to the front lines of yet another war we have no reason to be involved in.

The godfather of the Responsibility to Protect doctrine has passed.

An apparent ongoing terrorist attack in Central Africa.

The numbers on the Ebola outbreak are bad, but they aren’t as bad as had been feared.

This “handy Ebola guide” is a must for anyone considering traveling to Africa:

Trending on Twitter this morning is a collection of infographics compiled by Ezra Klein under the heading “22 maps and charts that will surprise you.”

Some odd developments in Nigeria

The search for more than 200 missing Nigerian schoolgirls is not going well, and part of the blame lies with the Nigerian government.