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Zimbabwe’s Capital Contaminated Its Water. Now, Residents Must Pay to Use It.

Residents spend as much as 20% of their income on water, yet what comes from their taps is green, dirty and undrinkable. Now, privatization looms, threatening even higher costs.

By Linda Mujuru

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Democratic Republic of Congo
Fearing Explosives, Farmers in War-Torn DRC Burn Their Own Land

After years of conflict, they see no other way to reclaim their fields.

By Merveille Kavira Luneghe
Zimbabwe
No Water From the Tap. They’re Asked to Pay a Tax Anyway.

By Linda Mujuru
Argentina
Years After Court Order, Arsenic Still Flows From Taps in Argentina

Families in Ciudad Nueva unknowingly drank arsenic-laced water. Now, they live with the scars — and they're losing faith in the government's ability to solve the problem.

By Lucila Pellettieri

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Africa

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

‘I Have Become an Enemy’: One Man’s Fight to Spare Shea Trees

By Patricia Lindrio

Burning Issues: Uganda Struggles to Fight Surge in Fires

Housing Demand Spurs Region’s Food Crisis

By Françoise Mbuyi Mutombo

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Americas

Coverage from Haiti, Mexico and Puerto Rico

Plastic Bag Ban Stalls, a Casualty of the Pandemic

By Lilette A. Contreras

Pandemic Sparks Interest in Elusive Mexican Species

and Patricia Zavala Gutiérrez

To Reforest Rural Mexico, Government Enlists Farmers

By Patricia Zavala Gutiérrez

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Asia

Coverage from Mongolia, Nepal and Sri Lanka

Where Warming Waters Kill Trout, Fish Hospitals Are Hatcheries’ Last Hope

By Raihana Maqbool

In Kashmir, An Ancient Solution Solves a New Problem

By Raihana Maqbool

With Water Gone From Ancestral Land, Families Split Lives Between Two Villages

By Shilu Manandhar

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