Last November, hundreds of women and children were raped in Minova, on the shores of Lake Kivu, by soldiers from the Congolese national army.
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Conditions are about to get tougher still for many Asda supermarket customers as a raft of welfare changes introduced this month reduce incomes for millions of households.
Prime Minister David Cameron has rejected criticism of the government's welfare reforms after a Financial Times analysis shows that cuts target Britain's poorest regions.
Last November, hundreds of women and children were raped in Minova, on the shores of Lake Kivu, by soldiers from the Congolese national army.
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Last November soldiers from the Congolese Army went on a rampage of looting and rape in the market town of Minova, in Eastern DRC. For the first time, perpetrators reveal what motivates them to rape.
The community-based Organoponico Vivero Alamar farm appeals to its workers and promotes sustainability—it also attracts visitors and students of organic agriculture.
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.
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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.
Britain's government is engaged in the steepest deficit reduction of modern times. A team of reporters from the Financial Times tracks the cuts and their impact.
“Too Young to Die” is a long-term exploration of the tragedy gun violence exacts on Chicago’s streets. Although over 100 children and young people died in 2012, their deaths are often overshadowed.
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Pulitzer Center journalists examine emerging nuclear threats, from an alarming new arms race between India and Pakistan to the competition between the U.S. and Russia on nuclear exports.
A collaborative investigation into the water sector in Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Liberia in partnership with local journalists and their outlets.
From the gold in our jewelry to the shrimp at our favorite restaurant and the minerals within our electronics, the true cost of production—both social and environmental—too often remains hidden.
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Pulitzer Center education director Mark Schulte invites educators and students to join Paul Salopek on Twitter for a virtual campfire chat.
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health joins the Campus Consortium.
Wake Forest University student reporting fellow Yasmin Bendaas examines the tradition of facial tattooing in Algeria.
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Adding to its growing list of accolades, the Pulitzer Center's iBook Voices of Haiti garnered Honoree status in the 2013 Webby Awards.
Pulitzer Center grantee Tomas van Houtryve has spent months looking into North Korea from its tightly sealed borders.
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.
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April 15, 2013
Pulitzer Center grantee John Schmid will discuss his reporting project "China and Wisconsin: Paper Cuts" at Davidson College April 15 and 16.
April 20, 2013
Photographs from Sean Gallagher's Pulitzer Center-supported project, "Meltdown," are being shown at a reception in Beijing on Saturday, April 20.
April 25, 2013
Annual Westchester Community College "Meet the Pros" features Pulitzer Center grantee Allison Shelley and Melissa Turley, the 2012 George Washington University student fellow.