Unscrupulous agencies peddle work to rural job-seekers, then disappear. This leaves migrants without protections — and, in ...

Historically, the US Agency for International Development has pumped at least US$4 billion annually into children’s ...

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Elon Musk, an unelected US official leading budget cuts, claims funding to contain Uganda's Ebola outbreak "accidentally" ...

DHAKA, BANGLADESH — Barnali Das waits outside her doctor’s office with her 4-month-old baby. Dr. Md. Shirajul Islam Sumon treated Das for tuberculosis when she was pregnant. Now, she wants to know why ...

HARARE, ZIMBABWE — Batsirai Mutara started selling cheese and dairy products from a makeshift roadside stand when he was 27. It was a far cry from his former office job, where inflation devoured his ...

One-third of the dialysis patients at the country’s National Kidney Center came for treatment after working abroad, often at jobs with grueling hours and few water or bathroom breaks in stifling heat.

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 ...

Argentina’s informal recycling network, once a lifeline for thousands, is unraveling as falling prices and new policies make waste-picking unsustainable. LA MATANZA, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA — Under a ...

LA MATANZA, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA — Envuelta en un calor sofocante, Gabriela Villalba sumerge sus manos en una montaña de residuos. Con precisión y destreza, lanza botellas, papel y cartón hacia ...