Africa
As the G8 discusses sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, perpetrators and victims speak out about mass rape in Minova.
With suffering in Congo unabated, a series of multimedia projects examines a ‘conflict-free’ tin mine and investigates the mass rape of civilians during the November 2012 rebellion.
Grantee Fiona Lloyd-Davies directed and produced a BBC Newsnight segment investigating whether DRC soldiers were ordered to rape women.
The Congolese state's haphazard pursuit of a brutal, animal-poaching militia has led to the arrest of many of its victims. Justice, like peace, remains a distant prospect.
Pulitzer Center grantee Tomas van Houtryve has spent months looking into North Korea from its tightly sealed borders.
From sectarian violence to political marginalization, Egypt' s Coptic Christians are being pushed aside in the Muslim majority.
Armed militias running illegal poaching and mining rackets and backed by a powerful army general come into conflict with conservation efforts—and the local population bears the brunt of the fallout.
Powerful supporters in security forces accused of complicity in brutal attacks by militia in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The neighborhood of garishly opulent mansions is aptly known to locals as "Cocainebougou," or Cocaine Town. It stands as testament to the sudden collapse of Mali.
Chinese companies are investing billions of dollars in pursuit of Congo's minerals. What do Congolese have to gain—and to fear—from China's rise?
In Kinshasa, Africa's fastest-growing city, a new haven for Congo's wealthy burdens some of its poor.
Subsistence mining is now Congo's largest employment sector—attracting adults and children alike. Chinese investment is driving its growth.
Amid the drug palaces of northern Mali, it's easy to see why this war will be hard to win.