As urban areas around the capital expand, local government councils are formalizing land ownership, often at the expense of traditional land distribution systems.

ZANU-PF's practice of giving land to supporters has resulted in haphazard development, including houses in the middle of ...

More than 600 people who entered the system as children are now adults, making up nearly half the detainees across nine ...

Could the loss of US funding be the catalyst countries like Uganda need to more fully fund their own research — and focus on ...

In homes, temples, mountains and churches, people around the world turn to ritual, worship and celebration — revealing both diversity and deep common ground.

President Bukele’s crackdown on gangs has brought peace — and, for thousands of street sellers, upheaval. Fruit vendors work ...

In homes, temples, mountains and churches, people around the world turn to ritual, worship and celebration — revealing both diversity and deep common ground.

HARARE, ZIMBABWE — For years, this country’s capital city has discharged sewage into its main water supply. Then, the city started charging to purify the water — a cost that locals say eats as much as ...

HARARE, ZIMBABWE — It’s possible to buy pretty much anything at the market in Hopley, an informal settlement south of this capital city: rat poison, mops — even medicine. That medicine is sold without ...