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

National laws aimed at redressing colonial imbalances reserve retail sectors, like that of brickmaking, for locals. But companies with outside investment, particularly from China, routinely flout the ...

KATHMANDU, NEPAL — If you take a walk in Lazimpat, here is what you might see: narrow streets buzzing with life, cozy cafes filled with laughter and lively conversations, and beauty parlors where ...

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 ...

CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO — For almost a decade, Cornelius Letkeman Banman has produced cotton in El Oasis, a desert-like town in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, where the climate is perfect for ...

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 ...

UTUADO, PUERTO RICO — The journey to reach the Caguana Indigenous Ceremonial Center in the town of Utuado is a hot and humid trek across the western part of Puerto Rico’s central mountain ranges. The ...

Is domestic violence included in the penal code?

MOUNT SELINDA, ZIMBABWE — Two women approach the soldiers standing guard over Zona, an illegal crossing point between Zimbabwe and Mozambique. It’s one of three illegal crossing points around the ...

And outlining what it will take to get it back. HARARE, ZIMBABWE — Wards bustling with highly motivated health care workers, readily available medication, decent salaries, a thriving teaching hospital ...

One-third of the dialysis patients at the country’s National Kidney Center came for treatment after working abroad, often at jobs with grueling hours and few water or bathroom breaks in stifling heat.