National laws aimed at redressing colonial imbalances reserve retail sectors, like that of brickmaking, for locals. But companies with outside investment, particularly from China, routinely flout the ...

KHUNTI, JHARKHAND — Most days, Mahavir Das Goswami rides an old black motorbike through narrow roads that snake through Khunti district. He tries to visit four or five villages. One pleasant June ...

KYIV, UKRAINE — In a courtroom shadowed by war, one of Ukraine’s most contentious legal battles continues to unfold. At its center is Pavlo Barbul, a former defense industry insider once praised for ...

KATHMANDU, NEPAL — When she was 13, Bishwokarma met a man who was 10 years older than her. It was autumn in Nepal during the joyful Tihar festival of lights. They shared a cigarette. Days later, he ...

KYIV, UKRAINE — In April 2024, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine voted to retain Judge Pavlo Kovalenko. This was in spite of a recommendation from the Public Integrity Council, ...

SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL — Systemic fraud is undermining gender quotas designed to boost the number of women in Brazilian politics. Political parties who support men also put forward “ghost candidates” – ...

DHAKA, BANGLADESH — The house in the Geneva Camp where Md. Emon, now 18, was born is barely big enough to hold a bed. His family of seven lives there. In some cases, rooms like this host up to three ...

The Dharavi neighborhood in Mumbai — Asia’s largest informal settlement — is located on prime real estate. Many people who live there now are under pressure to relocate to an area near a toxic ...

The Nepali government bars working abroad in Iraq for safety reasons. But more Nepali women are ending up there in abusive domestic work — including some who were trafficked.

NIRJULI, INDIA — The mood inside Nirjuli Town Baptist Church one evening in late March was somber. Around 170 people, mostly young congregants from local churches, had gathered to rally against the ...

ADJUMANI, UGANDA – Lindiro Jane has fled war twice. The first time was in 2016, when renewed violence in South Sudan pushed her, her husband and their six children across the border into Uganda’s ...

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 ...