EditorialAn American soldier training Senegalese soldiers during a military exercise last year in Mauritania on Feb. 18, 2020. (Laetitia Vancon/The New York Times)
EditorialArtist Michael Soi in his studio with a painting in his "China Loves Africa" collection in Nairobi, Kenya, on Feb. 13, 2020. (Khadija Farah/The New York Times)