[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.