HARARE, ZIMBABWE — Zimbabwe’s tobacco sector was once on the brink of collapse. Now, it’s booming again. Last year alone, it ...

Voters, Barigayomwe says, see politicians’ relatives as guarantors of continuity. It’s part of the reason Simon Peter Higenyi ...

A key commission vets judicial candidates to weed out unethical prospects. Watchdogs say it’s failing that duty.

With conservatism on the rise, the capital’s third-gender and trans people retreat from public life, erasing the identities ...

SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL — The state government in this country’s richest and most populous city wants to move its headquarters. It plans to construct more than a dozen buildings and radically transform the ...

Fishermen bemoan dwindling catches as contamination by industrial waste and other pollutants raises concerns about the safety of food and drinking water.

The desire to transition often outweighs the severe risks of self-medicating. BIRGUNJ, NEPAL — Thanks to a tip from friends, Sanju Mahato crossed Nepal’s border into India, walked into a pharmacy, and ...

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 ...

On International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, this five-part series looks at how governments in the region struggle to rein in the bloodshed – and the many ways women fight for ...

Norma Baján Balán, GPJ Guatemala Fishermen who work on Lake Atitlán sell their catch at the local market. Amadeo López Sajvín, who lives in a municipality that borders the lake, has been fishing for ...

With the country's mental health care severely lacking, Haitians seek the assistance of Vodou priests.

Zimbabwe is among the world’s top producers of lithium. But border guards, mine employees and researchers say records show only a fraction of what’s really moving out of the country.