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October 12, 2018 | Pacific Standard
Sierra Leone: Women of the Mountain
What happens to a mother of five after she loses her husband in a deadly landslide in Sierra Leone that kills more than a thousand people?
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Africa
October 08, 2018 | PBS NewsHour
Libyan Coast Remains Fertile for ISIS and Migrant Traffickers
Libya still struggles with turmoil two years after it regained control of its coast from ISIS, as unrest between factions spurs fears of a resurgence.
October 03, 2018 | PBS NewsHour
A Brutal Life for Migrants in Libya: Trafficking, Detention or Death En Route to Europe
African migrants fleeing to Europe risk slave traffickers, starvation, and shipwreck.
October 02, 2018 | PBS NewsHour
We Began to Film Secretly in Libya. Then We Had to Escape.
In an attempt to report on the resurgence of ISIS and the migration crisis in Libya, two Western journalists navigate grave risks to tell their story.
October 01, 2018 | Da Capo Press
Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking
Pulitzer Center grantee Rachel Nuwer's new book, Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking, offers a new look on the poachers, traders, customers of, and people against illegal wildlife trade.
September 29, 2018 | PBS NewsHour
ISIS Regroups to Attack a Fragmented Libya
Over a six-month offensive, Libyan security forces combined with U.S. airstrikes wiped out ISIS combatants from the country. Though it no longer controls Libyan territory, ISIS has renewed its attacks there.
September 28, 2018 | Pulitzer Center
Rural South Africa: Conditions at Utjane Primary School
This post explores the dangerous and illegal infrastructure conditions at Utjane Primary School through photography. The school is located in Limpopo, a northern province of South Africa.
September 25, 2018 | The Guardian
On Patrol with the Wildlife Rangers of Chinko – Photo Essay
Rangers in this Central African Republic nature reserve face an array of dangers in their bid to protect a rich variety of species. Join them on patrol as they go after a gang of poachers.
September 23, 2018 | Pulitzer Center
The Legal Precedent for Basic Education in South Africa
A single clause in the South Africa Constitution holds the government accountable to fixing infrastructure in schools. This clause continues to help activists emerge victorious in court.
September 19, 2018 | Circle of Blue
Thirsty Cities Drill for Water
When reservoirs drop, cities turn to groundwater.
September 16, 2018 | South China Morning Post
Gambia’s Tolerance for Chinese Fish Factories Tested As Beijing Courts Poor African Nation with Deals
Emerging from dictatorship, Gambia’s returnees are scrutinizing old and new investments, keen to enforce the promised transparency and democratic decision-making on deals.
September 11, 2018 | The New York Times
Is Cash Better for the Poor than Conventional Foreign Aid?
Why is USAID giving money, with no strings attached, to poor people in Africa? For good reason—the agency is using cash transfers as a benchmark against which to evaluate conventional aid programs.
Murky Waters in Ghana
In Accra, capital of Ghana, residents cope with water scarcity while the state water company rakes in cash from abroad.
The Promise of Life: Reproductive Choice in Africa
This reporting initiative partners African and US journalists to explore critical challenges in reproductive health and family planning—and what they mean for life, death and socio-economic stability.
Finding Home Again in Ivory Coast
After recent political violence divided communities, some in Ivory Coast look to local water management as a key to reconciliation, social cohesion and long-lasting peace.
Art and Politics in Post-Revolutionary Egypt
Pulitzer Center grantee Ty McCormick covers Egypt's political transformation by talking with artists who are beginning to show their creativity after years of forced self-censorship.
Infra: Images from Eastern Congo
Richard Mosse is known for challenging convention on the photojournalist's role. His book Infra , with photographs of Eastern Congo, is as shocking and complex as the conflict it explores.
Ethiopia: Somali Refugees Flee Fighting and Famine
Famine and war have pushed tens of thousands of Somali refugees to camps along the Ethiopian border. The crisis is likely to grow worse, straining the resources of aid groups.
Libya: The Rebirth of a Nation
The revolution that toppled the regime of Col. Moammar Qaddafi brought Libya a sense of pride, hope and renewed engagement with the West, but ahead lies the challenge of building a democratic framework.
Nigeria's Water and Sanitation Sector: Leaks and Plugs
Abandoned water and sanitation projects deprive the people of Nigeria of a basic human right: access to clean water.
Arab Spring Meets Endless Summer
The words "surfing" and "Islam" do not generally go together. Yet in Morocco, on Islam's Western shore, surfing has become an increasingly popular sport, attracting waveriders from around the globe.
Liberia's Deadly Gap: Rhetoric and Reality on Water
Only 25 percent of the population has access to clean water in Liberia, but government officials claim they are working vigorously to address water sanitation issues.
Zambia: AIDS at a Turning Point
AIDS activists are beginning a new fight against the disease after health workers went on strike in 2009 to protest the theft from Zambia's Ministry of Health.
The Not-Inevitable Crisis: Why 9 Million Are Hungry in East Africa
Sky-rocketing food prices, drought, conflict, and an insufficient response have left populations in the Horn of Africa on the brink of famine.
December 09, 2013 | General news
This Week: Mandela's Legacy
“What will he say? What will Mandela say after 27 years in prison?”
December 02, 2013 | General news
This Week: China's African Frontier
Veteran radio journalist and Pulitzer Center grantee Reese Erlich has a knack for getting himself into—and just as important, out of—hard places. Earlier this year, Reese reported from inside Iran.
November 25, 2013 | General news
This Week: One Man, Seven Years
In 2012 an intrepid journalist adventurer proposed that we partner on a reporting project seven years in the making that would entail traveling 21,000 miles—on foot.
November 24, 2013 | Project news
Paul Salopek's Out of Eden Walk Featured on Cover of National Geographic
"Walking is falling forward." Pulitzer Center grantee Paul Salopek is following our first footsteps, on a seven-year walk around the earth. National Geographic makes the walk its cover story.
November 22, 2013 | Project news, Education news
Walking the World: 7 Years and Counting
Paul Salopek and Homa Tavangar discuss the educational implications of Paul Salopek's "Out of Eden" seven year walk.
November 18, 2013 | General news
This Week: From Malawi to Scotland
“She went back to her village and decided to live as if nothing had happened. Four years later, she was married. She said her husband didn't know anything about her past."
November 04, 2013 | General news
This Week: Congo's Peacekeepers
Setting aside a dismal record of failure, incompetence and indifference, UN peacekeeping troops and the Democratic Republic of Congo's army seem to have finally joined forces to protect civilians.
October 14, 2013 | General news
This Week: Hunger: A Fact of Life
Crop yields in sub-Saharan Africa rank among the lowest in the world, and nearly a third of the region’s people are chronically malnourished.
October 08, 2013 | General news
This Week: A New Libya
Does anyone miss Qaddafi? Not really. But as Nicolas Pelham reports, the Libyan Revolution of 2011 has not delivered on the reforms that so many had anticipated. And the worst may be yet to come.
October 02, 2013 | General news
This Week: Africa's War on Terror
Earlier this year, Yochi Dreazen traveled to northern Mali, where government troops and French special forces were battling a growing network of jihadists for control of a vast desert territory.
September 18, 2013 | Project news
Joanne Silberner Wins Victor Cohn Prize for Cancer Series
Joanne Silberner wins another award, the 2013 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting, for her reporting and radio series on cancer in the developing world.
September 17, 2013 | General news, Project news
"Seeds of Hope" Premieres at Week-Long Pulitzer Center Film Festival
Join us for screenings of "Seeds of Hope," a story about one woman's struggle to dispel the despair of women survivors of rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo.