Politics
Duékoué, Ivory Coast saw some of the worst fighting of the civil war. Months later, officials are trying to rebuild and reconcile, but the residents of the town are reluctant.
Kazakhstan is placing bets on making Aktau a transportation hub—planning a massive expansion and setting up an economic zone with low tax rates. The U.S. will be key to jumpstarting this development.
Ivory Coast produces 40 percent of the world's cocoa, but cocoa has been a bittersweet crop for the country.
The production of chocolate has long been linked with strife and bloodshed; the 2011 political fighting in the Ivory Coast was the latest chapter in cocoa's violent history.
Nicaragua's new family code defines marriage as a union between man and woman. To embarrass the lawmakers, gay rights activist Marvin Mayorga threatens to "out" 20 closeted congressmen.
Grantee Joshua Kucera talks about the new arms race among the five Caspian countries, the unprecedented militarization of this "sea of peace" and what's really behind it.
Prostitution is still legal in Turkey, but this Muslim country is cracking down on the sex trade.
The "March of Millions" brought tens of thousands of protesters to the streets in Moscow on May 6, the day before Vladimir Putin's inauguration as Russian president.
A refugee camp in South Sudan overflows with orphans fleeing bombs and starvation.
Nairobi's Dandora Municipal Dump Site is the only location for waste in Kenya's capital. Disease and pollution from the dump spill into the households of nearly a million people.
The 2010 Ivory Coast presidential election resulted in deep political divisions and five months of war. The political divisions remain, along with high unemployment and deepening frustration.
Tom Hundley highlights this week's reporting on a clarinetist in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's free-market outlook, and Tariq Mir's dispatch about Salafism in Kashmir.
When CAFTA was first proposed, Nicaragua's Sandinistas called it a "Yankee" trick to dominate the region. Since embracing it, Nicaragua has outperformed other countries in economic growth.