An analysis by Harare Wetlands Trust, using field surveys and Google Earth imagery, found that wetlands across Harare ...

Harare spends 12 times its income raiding illegal street vendors. Local residents say the money would be better spent ...

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 ...

Christians say the dormant law, first passed in the 1970s, targets their faith. Those trying to revive it say it is essential for preservation of indigenous faiths and culture.

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 ...

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 ...

KATHMANDU, NEPAL — In April, after more than eight years in the United States, Aashish Subedi was put on a plane and deported to Bhutan, his country of birth. But when he arrived, Bhutanese ...

WAKISO DISTRICT, UGANDA — Uganda’s Supreme Court ruled in January that prosecuting civilians in military courts is unconstitutional. When that happened, Ann was ecstatic. Her brother was approaching ...

Is domestic violence included in the penal code?