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.

• By Sophie Mbugua

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.

• By Laura Turner

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

• By Michael Fitzgerald