Reports by Pulitzer Center journalists for print, online and broadcast news outlets
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August 15, 2011 / National Geographic Peter Gwin

Tuareg rebels have been fighting the Niger government, with some support from Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, for a share in the lucrative uranium mined on their lands.

August 13, 2011 / Foreign Policy
by Anna Badkhen

Afghanistan is dying--not because of the Taliban or the allied forces, but from treatable illnesses that are slowly killing off a population with no medical services.

August 12, 2011 / The Lancet
by Samuel Loewenberg

Despite drought warnings in the Horn of Africa, the international community was unprepared for what some experts say was "inevitable."

August 12, 2011 / Columbia Journalism Review
by William Wheeler
As Haitians rebuild after the devastating January 2010 earthquake, local journalists are reconstructing their identity within the country by learning new standards and the ethics of objective...
August 11, 2011 / PRI's The World
by Anna Badkhen
Afghans living in rural villages are unaware of many newsworthy events--like the death of Osama Bin Laden--because they do not have access to a television or computer.
Nagorno-Karabakh
August 11, 2011 / The Washington Post
by Will Englund
Armenia and Azerbaijan may be on the brink of another bloody battle over the disputed land of Nagorno-Karabakh, a de-facto state in the mountainous region of the South Caucasus.
Dadaab refugee complex
August 11, 2011 / Time
by Samuel Loewenberg
The refugee crisis in Kenya is not new--it has developed and grown significantly since the eruption of Somalia's civil war in 1991.
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August 11, 2011 / The New Republic
by Anna Badkhen
The Taliban is on the march in the northern province of Balkh, not least in poor, rural villages like Kampirak where drought, isolation, and government neglect have fueled discontent.
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August 9, 2011 / National Geographic
by William Wheeler
A new study predicts there could be 11,000 deaths in Haiti attributed to cholera infections between March and November of 2011, but NGOs aren't offering any lasting solutions to the problem.
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August 9, 2011 / Foreign Policy
by Anna Badkhen
Karaghuzhlah is just one of many settlements in Balkh province taken over by the Taliban in the past year, but life in the community has not improved--residents still live in extreme poverty.
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August 8, 2011 / The New York Times
by Isaac Stone Fish
Isaac Stone Fish traveled to the North Korean border to report on the underground drug trade, and realized after returning the country possesses secrets journalists may never uncover.
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August 8, 2011 / Democracy Now
by Sharif Abdel Kouddous, Nicole Salazar
Despite the ousting of former President Hosni Mubarak, journalists in Egypt still face government oppression.
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August 7, 2011 / The New Republic
by Vanessa M. Gezari
Many Afghan citizens have become skeptical of the U.S. military presence in the country, hinting at a possible collaboration between the superpower and the Taliban.

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