Africa

A new AI app is helping Tanzanian farmers cut pesticide use and boost profits. Will bureaucratic hurdles hinder its wider adoption?

This year, our journalists and photojournalists worked across 12 countries, four U.S. states, and two disputed regions, bringing readers a visual documentation of the issues we covered.

The root causes of period poverty in Zimbabwe run deeper than simple affordability. Prolonged droughts, many worsened by climate change, have devastated crops and pushed millions into deeper poverty, leaving agrarian families unable to buy basic menstrual products.

Fueled by social media, crowdfunding is now the unofficial health insurance scheme for Nigerians.

رغم أن الخبز(محليا يسمى "العيش") تقليديا هو المصدر الرئيسي للكربوهيدرات في السودان، إلا أن البطاطا الحلوة (تسمى محليا بالبامبي) أصبحت بديلا غير مرغوب فيه بسبب الحرب الأهلية السودانية التي تهدد سلة خبز الأمة.

Owari is an ancient African game designed to teach the mathematical concept of fractals, a game that is enjoyed by children and adults in its modern form to this day.

My parents are from Taiwan, but I was born and raised in the U.S. and am an American passport holder. Not that it mattered. In these situations, there is nothing one can do to reshape rooted perceptions. 

Bread has traditionally been Sudan’s primary food source, but sweet potatoes have replaced it due to disruptions around the Sudan civil war.

“Whenever I hear a sudden noise from the blast, the shock won't leave until 40 minutes after I rest and wake up.”

“This is deepening the pollution hazard, and making a mockery of local green-transition efforts.”