The clash over language teaching is less about classrooms and more about who gets to define what it means to be Indian.

A new data protection law could weaken the landmark act that empowered millions to hold the government accountable.

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 ...

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 ...

HARARE, ZIMBABWE — In 2023, Peter, a truck driver, was approaching a border checkpoint between Zimbabwe and Mozambique. He had little reason to question what was in his truck’s sealed container — he’d ...

A requirement for nursing students guarantees low pay, and a risk that their diplomas will be withheld. HARARE, ZIMBABWE and LUSAKA, ZAMBIA — At a nursing school in Zambia, many of the students aren’t ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

KAMPALA, UGANDA — Uganda’s ruling party, the National Resistance Movement, is attempting to block potential political candidates from running as independents. In April, it introduced a requirement for ...

Seven years after experts confirmed that Lake Atitlán in southwestern Guatemala was contaminated with cyanobacteria, which is harmful to people and animals, little has been done to clean up the ...

HARARE, ZIMBABWE — Eliza Mandove was a child when her brother was killed during Zimbabwe’s war for independence. She was beaten during the same attack and sustained injuries to her hands and legs. Now ...