Asia’s largest informal settlement — is located on prime real estate. Many people who live there now are under pressure to ...

According to data from the International Organization for Migration, more than 1 million people are now displaced within ...

A 2019 change in funding to prevent fraud has hampered universities' abilities to update equipment and to offer certain ...

HARARE, ZIMBABWE — It’s been months since lecturers at the University of Zimbabwe, the country’s oldest and most prestigious ...

Modi's administration wants more power over courts — but a weakened judiciary means fewer checks on authoritarian overreach.

A bill rushed through Parliament opens the door to civilian arrests and military detentions — months before a critical ...

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

Men make a living pushing so-called Zamcabs, with loads weighing up to 661 pounds, around the capital area. People say this type of work has eased unemployment, and small traders see it as a less ...

Cyber slavery rings are growing across the region, trapping young jobseekers in brutal scam compounds — and fueling a global criminal enterprise.

HARARE, ZIMBABWE and LUSAKA, ZAMBIA — At a nursing school in Zambia, many of the students aren’t from Zambia at all. Michael is one of them. “We are over 100 Zimbabweans in a class of 140 students,” ...

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 ...

US aid helped save and sustain lives, but failed to build lasting prosperity. Now, the money’s gone. Can Zimbabwe become self-sufficient, or will it turn to China?