The Cost of Gold: A Gold Mine is Born
With picks in hand, children in tow, and eager for quick profits, miners follow fresh rumors of gold hoping to strike it rich in remote regions of Burkina Faso.
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With picks in hand, children in tow, and eager for quick profits, miners follow fresh rumors of gold hoping to strike it rich in remote regions of Burkina Faso.
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Last year Tajikistan government soldiers attacked the city of Khorog. Now residents are wondering: What next?
The effort to decriminalize the anti-sodomy law in Belize faces organized resistance from religious groups.
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A generation of change in the Sea of Cortez.
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In the remote corner of Botswana near the Namibian border, the San village of Shaikerawe has long been pocked with dry boreholes and empty bowsers.
In northern Nigeria, a donor led project demonstrates how community mobilization can increase demand for health services.