HARARE, ZIMBABWE — A year ago, all 16 checkout lanes were packed at OK Zimbabwe supermarket in Harare, one of the major retailers in the country. Customers queued shoulder to shoulder, their carts ...

Fishermen bemoan dwindling catches as contamination by industrial waste and other pollutants raises concerns about the safety of food and drinking water. NORTON, ZIMBABWE — Paul Majoni stares at the ...

KATHMANDU, NEPAL — In 2024, Netra, a 21-year-old from a village in eastern Nepal, entered what he thought was a technology center in a remote area of Myanmar. Instead, what he found horrified him. The ...

KATHMANDU, NEPAL — A centuries-old practice of moving money is in the crosshairs of government officials, who say it’s a hotbed for financial crimes. It’s called the hundi system. This local form of ...

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.

LUBERO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO — In February, Stino Muhindo Sivyaghendera lit a match and held it to the grass in the field of eucalyptus trees he’d planted three years earlier. In the months ...

And outlining what it will take to get it back. HARARE, ZIMBABWE — Wards bustling with highly motivated health care workers, readily available medication, decent salaries, a thriving teaching hospital ...

GOMA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO – Sunbursts of orange jump off bold red fabric. Green geometric shapes bump into pink swirls and teal lines. Bright yellow conch shells float on a royal blue sea of ...

GOMA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO — At the end of September 2023, President Félix Tshisekedi called for withdrawal of a peacekeeping mission to Democratic Republic of Congo. Tshisekedi was speaking ...

Global Press’ Shifting Democracies fellows will examine changing governance structures in countries around the world, and how those shifts are interconnected. During this two-year, full-time ...

For nearly 20 years, local women photojournalists trained and employed by Global Press documented life in places rarely seen in global media. From moments of everyday resilience to intimate portrayals ...

HARARE, ZIMBABWE — Zimbabwe’s tobacco sector was once on the brink of collapse. Now, it’s booming again. Last year alone, it earned the country close to US$1 billion in revenue. But though the crop is ...