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They Paid for Homes. Zimbabwe Never Gave Them Deeds.

A rent-to-own program aimed to help black citizens obtain property in a post-colonial world. Decades later, many homebuyers are still waiting to call their house their own.

By Evidence Chenjerai

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Nepal
Nepal’s Media Landscape Faces a ‘Watershed Moment’

Increased government censorship alongside unpaid wages doubles the challenges the country’s journalists encounter.

By Sunita Neupane
Nepal
The Forbidden Love Stories of Nepal’s Caste System

By Sunita Neupane
Sri Lanka
When the Promise of a Job Is a Trap

Human traffickers in Sri Lanka threaten to sell women into brothels if they don't do as they're told.

By Thayalini Indrakularasa

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Africa

Coverage from Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe

They Paid for Homes. Zimbabwe Never Gave Them Deeds.

By Evidence Chenjerai

Zimbabweans Skeptical About Country’s Latest Currency

By Linda Mujuru

LGBT Ugandans Shut Out From Asylum by Impostors

By Nakisanze Segawa

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Americas

Coverage from Haiti, Mexico and Puerto Rico

Two Full-Time Jobs and Nothing to Eat: Argentine Families Adapt to Skyrocketing Food Prices

By Lucila Pellettieri

For Haiti’s Teachers and Students, Last School Year Was One of the Worst in Memory

In Chiapas, Indigenous-Language Speakers Face Life-or-Death Trials — With No Interpreter

By Marissa Revilla

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Asia

Coverage from Mongolia, Nepal and Sri Lanka

Nepal’s Media Landscape Faces a ‘Watershed Moment’

By Sunita Neupane

The Forbidden Love Stories of Nepal’s Caste System

By Sunita Neupane

When the Promise of a Job Is a Trap

By Thayalini Indrakularasa

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