A 2018 survey from the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, the Office of the Prime Minister and the World Bank found “the ...

The efforts aim to stifle dissent across the region, despite various treaty protections of freedom of movement.

Fishermen bemoan dwindling catches as contamination by industrial waste and other pollutants raises concerns about the safety of food and drinking water. NORTON, ZIMBABWE — Paul Majoni stares at the ...

HARARE, ZIMBABWE — Zimbabwe’s tobacco sector was once on the brink of collapse. Now, it’s booming again. Last year alone, it earned the country close to US$1 billion in revenue. But though the crop is ...

A decision by the country’s highest court opens up nearshore waters to export-minded commercial trawlers, waters that had been reserved for the small-scale fishers who feed the nation. LA UNION, ...

MUMBAI, INDIA — Hindi is the most widely spoken language in India, with most of its speakers concentrated in the northern regions. But this year, states in southern and western India have consistently ...

TORORO, UGANDA — Dust and cobwebs have gathered around Lawrence Ogambo’s fumbo, the long hollow drum played during the traditional burial rite of the Jopadhola. It’s been more than 50 years since ...

ERDENET, ORKHON PROVINCE, MONGOLIA — On that day in October 2019, the afternoon bell rang, and the girls thought school was over. They were ready to go home, but their teachers told them to stay. They ...

HARARE, ZIMBABWE — When Rumbidzai, a nurse at a local public hospital, gets to work, she does a round of the wards to make patients’ beds and change their linens. But sometimes she can’t swap used ...

SAN CRISTÓBAL DE LAS CASAS, MEXICO — Agustín Pérez Domínguez was detained in May of 2022, along with two other men. All three were accused of killing a local police officer. Two additional men, one of ...

TOA ALTA, PUERTO RICO — Over the years, Benjamín González has watched his local landfill grow into a mountain of trash. It has polluted his city’s once-pristine ravines. It has tainted the limestone ...

GOMA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO — Until June 2022, Biranda spent most of his days surrounded by the whispers of trees. He was born and raised inside Virunga National Park and, for most of his life, ...