Great Rift Valley

Locals in one of the country's vital biodiversity hotspots have found that traditional farming methods are helping them produce more crops while preserving the forest.

Saving the lake—and the two million people who live on its shores—will require something miraculous: a bilateral partnership between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Innovative drilling techniques, as explored in our March/April print issue, are remaking the geopolitical map in unpredictable ways.