[pyre]

To be fair, this is about travelling across Africa rather than visiting a specific locale, that makes it more likely that you will need to pass through some of these "dangerous areas". Much as the other commenter here was mentioning getting robbed in Philly.

[sangnoir]

> To be fair, this is about travelling across Africa rather than visiting a specific locale

Africa is really, really huge - it has almost 4 times the landmass of the contiguous US. Avoiding specific locales is pretty easy.

[overcast]

Not when those places are the ones people want to be. Yes clearly driving out into the middle of the desert, or on top of the highest mountain, probably low risk from the populace.

[imgabe]

I think it's almost tautological that places with active conflicts going on are not places people want to be.