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US aid helped save and sustain lives, but failed to build lasting prosperity. Now, the money’s gone. Can Zimbabwe become self ...
Violence and road blockages have made it impossible to transport people and vital supplies to medical facilities.
Harare spends 12 times its income raiding illegal street vendors. Local residents say the money would be better spent ...
An analysis by Harare Wetlands Trust, using field surveys and Google Earth imagery, found that wetlands across Harare ...
Violence against journalists, long a threat and often a reality, has worsened as Uganda heads toward general elections in ...
LUBERO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO — Jean de Dieu and his 12-year-old son had spent the day husking corn. On a different day, they would have been working in the fields, but it was a Sunday. In the ...
Harare spends 12 times its income raiding illegal street vendors. Local residents say the money would be better spent elsewhere. And they know just the spot.
MASINDI, UGANDA — Less than half a kilometer from Aliyo Sarile’s tobacco farm, the wild frontier of Budongo Forest rises, a wall of emerald canopy and untamed vegetation marking a boundary. Each dawn, ...
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 ...
As a paramunicipal organization takes over water services from local councils, residents face high costs, shortages, contamination — and a foul odor that’s sullying the area’s reputation as a coastal ...
DALANZADGAD, UMNUGOVI PROVINCE, MONGOLIA — The scorching sun glares at them from directly above, and everything under their feet is parched, dusty and barren. The sheep and goats squeal and squeak, ...
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 ...