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This is life for Emon and most Biharis, the Urdu-speaking people who migrated from the northeast Indian state of Bihar in the ...
Asia’s largest informal settlement — is located on prime real estate. Many people who live there now are under pressure to ...
HARARE, ZIMBABWE — It’s been months since lecturers at the University of Zimbabwe, the country’s oldest and most prestigious ...
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 ...
A bill rushed through Parliament opens the door to civilian arrests and military detentions — months before a critical ...
Cyber slavery rings are growing across the region, trapping young jobseekers in brutal scam compounds — and fueling a global criminal enterprise.
Fishermen bemoan dwindling catches as contamination by industrial waste and other pollutants raises concerns about the safety of food and drinking water.
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 ...
With the country's mental health care severely lacking, Haitians seek the assistance of Vodou priests.
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 ...
The World Health Organization has recommended safe male circumcision, to help prevent the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. Uganda has implemented a program to encourage the ...