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Keeping the Lights on in DRC

Years of blackouts have enraged residents and hampered livelihoods. An innovative electrical solution presents a new way forward.

By Zita Amwanga

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Surfing Boom Brings Wave of Benefits to Tiny Coastal Town

The sport has produced world champions and fueled tourism. It's also given the community's poorest children hope.

By Maya Piedra
Democratic Republic of Congo
Doors to US Market Swing Open. Can DRC Entrepreneurs Enter?

By Noella Nyirabihogo
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Damaging Floods Highlight National Housing Shortage

Developers sold unfit plots to low-income residents desperate to find homes. Then the storms came.

By Evidence Chenjerai

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Africa

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

Keeping the Lights on in DRC

By Zita Amwanga

Doors to US Market Swing Open. Can DRC Entrepreneurs Enter?

By Noella Nyirabihogo

Damaging Floods Highlight National Housing Shortage

By Evidence Chenjerai

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Americas

Coverage from Haiti, Mexico and Puerto Rico

Surfing Boom Brings Wave of Benefits to Tiny Coastal Town

Crops Rise Again As Pandemic Upends a Town’s Economy

By Ena Aguilar Peláez

A Cultural Gem Reels From Natural Disasters, Tourism Drop

By Coraly Cruz Mejías

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Asia

Coverage from Indian-administered Kashmir, Mongolia, Nepal and Sri Lanka

Officials Bet on a Country of Turmeric Growers

By Vetrichelvi Chandrakala

Virus and Political Upheaval Devastate Region’s Tourism

By Raihana Maqbool

Everest is Empty as Virus Shuts Down Global Tourism Industry

By Shilu Manandhar

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