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, ...

KATHMANDU, NEPAL — Babulal Tamang called his wife in April from a prison in Saudi Arabia with news that shook her to her core: He had been sentenced to death after a drug-trafficking conviction. The ...

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 ...

MUMBAI, INDIA — Hindi is the most widely spoken language in India, with most of its speakers concentrated in the northern regions. But this year, states in southern and western India have consistently ...

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, ...

HARARE, ZIMBABWE — Zimbabwe’s tobacco sector was once on the brink of collapse. Now, it’s booming again. Last year alone, it earned the country close to US$1 billion in revenue. But though the crop is ...

HARARE, ZIMBABWE — Eliza Mandove was a child when her brother was killed during Zimbabwe’s war for independence. She was beaten during the same attack and sustained injuries to her hands and legs. Now ...

HARARE, ZIMBABWE — Not long ago, grass and flowers grew on the wetland in Borrowdale. Flocks of birds — including red and yellow bishops — were common here, and butterflies too. “Everything from ...

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 ...