The efforts aim to stifle dissent across the region, despite various treaty protections of freedom of movement.

Hindu nationalists go toe to toe with Christians in attempting to convert indigenous Adivasis. Residents walk through Hesag, ...

LUBERO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO — Construction is booming in Kirumba, where more than 30 buildings are under construction, and brick houses are springing up like mushrooms. The boom is in stark ...

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 ...

A decision by the country’s highest court opens up nearshore waters to export-minded commercial trawlers, waters that had been reserved for the small-scale fishers who feed the nation. LA UNION, ...

KYIV, UKRAINE — It’s a quiet room. The people who bothered to show up are distracted: fidgeting, whispering or gazing at their phones. A hoarse voice drones for nearly half an hour, reading from a ...

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 ...

KAMPALA, UGANDA — Uganda’s ruling party, the National Resistance Movement, is attempting to block potential political candidates from running as independents. In April, it introduced a requirement for ...

HARARE, ZIMBABWE — In 2023, Peter, a truck driver, was approaching a border checkpoint between Zimbabwe and Mozambique. He had little reason to question what was in his truck’s sealed container — he’d ...

EAST JAKARTA, INDONESIA — Wiyanti was crushed by exhaustion after spending noon until midnight trying to purge water and mud from her family’s home. It still wasn’t completely clean. Floodwaters more ...

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 ...

LUBERO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO — Southern Lubero was once considered fertile territory — despite its poverty and political instability. Now, this onetime breadbasket faces famine, a brutal and ...