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April 12, 2018 | Pulitzer Center
Bird’s-Eye Views of Badlands
Multimedia geojournalism collaboration uses cutting-edge technology to expose uncharted territory.
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Africa
April 10, 2018 | Vice
Eden Under Siege: Saving a Pristine Wilderness from Militarized Poachers and a Humanitarian Crisis
Rangers and conservationists fight to protect a unique wilderness in the face of poaching raids, armed cattle herders and warring militias.
April 03, 2018 | Huck Magazine
Inside the Dark, Opulent World of Ghana's Churches
In Ghana, the Evangelical, Pentecostal and Charismatic churches are seeing an unprecedented growth in popularity, promising their followers wealth, health and new worlds of opportunity. But, as photojournalist Tomaso Clavarino discovers, things might not be so simple.
March 27, 2018 | The Washington Post
Rebels in the Central African Republic Are Filling the Void of an Absent Government
Years of conflict and mismanagement have divided this former French colony where armed groups control much of the country and put on a show of statehood.
March 26, 2018 | BRIGHT Magazine
The Road to Hell Is Paved with Good Intentions — And Broken Toilets
Aid recipients usually have little say in aid projects meant for them, but this citizen journalism project is giving them a chance to give their views.
March 22, 2018 | The New York Review of Books
Zimbabwe: Enter the Crocodile
How did Robert Mugabe's rule end? With a mysterious poisoning, a clandestine flight across the border, a standoff at the airport, and a furious shootout in a Harare suburb. Here's the whole story.
March 21, 2018 | Vanity Fair
Prophets and Profits
Grantee Tomaso Clavarino reports on the the growing influence of evangelical churches in Africa.
March 16, 2018 | The Times
Children in Civil War Denounce Teachers Who Swap Marks for Sex
As a sex-for-grades scandal blights schools in the Central African Republic, a young group of pupils fights this abuse and corruption to champion the rights of children on the margins
March 14, 2018 | El Pais
How to Do Business with God
The heart of world Christianity has shifted south. In Africa, pastors exhibit their wealth, and ordinary believers, although poor, make donations to churches that respond to their material desires.
March 12, 2018 | The New York Review of Books
Africa, Latest Theater in America’s Endless War
How buoyant, proactive, and well-resourced security institutions are leading foreign policy in Africa at the expense of a demoralized and downgraded State Department.
March 09, 2018 | The Lancet
Access to Family Planning in Senegal Can Stem Infanticide, Abortion, and the Jailing of Women
In a jail in Senegal, a woman is imprisoned, convicted with infanticide. Access to family planning could help to prevent this societal woe.
March 02, 2018 | PRI's The World
Why the US Military Is Building a Drone Base in Niger
The $110 million drone base is slated to open later this year. Residents of the city of Agadez have a lot of conspiracy theories about exactly why US troops are there.
When Militiamen Rule
Less than three years after independence, South Sudan collapsed into civil war. Thousands have died and famine looms on the horizon. Can rebel-leaders-turned-politicians lead the way to peace?
Tremors Below: Mining and Protest in the New South Africa
In South Africa's poorest mining communities, fury at the political class is mounting.
Black Gold in the Cradle of Mankind
Turkana in Kenya’s arid north is the most important place you’ve likely never heard of, quintessential to understanding mankind. Now, Turkana has oil. Is it a pending resource-curse catastrophe?
Less Is More in Niger
The rate of population growth exceeds economic growth in Niger where women have an average of seven children. Government officials hope family planning will become the best way forward.
Love For My Enemy
A multimedia story following survivors and perpetrators of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda as they struggle with their past, meet each other for the first time and dare to ask for forgiveness.
Taking Timbuktu: Music, Manuscripts and Madness at the Edge of the Sahara
In 2012, Jihadists occupied two-thirds of Mali, creating the world's most dangerous terrorist sanctuary. This is the story of how it happened, and how a few brave individuals tried to outwit them.
Zambia: Twilight of the Vulture Funds?
Investors have made millions suing the world's poorest countries over bad debts—but these so-called vulture funds may not be as bad as they sound.
Liberia: Building a Mental Health Infrastructure
Years after the end of brutal, decades-long civil war, Liberia has little in terms of a mental health infrastructure. But the need is great, and progress is painstakingly slow
South Africa: When the Drugs Don't Work
Tuberculosis is the leading cause of death in South Africa. Drug resistance is now so strong that patients are sent home to die. However, new drugs are being made available through trials or NGOs.
Uganda Tries to Clean Up
Uganda has a sanitation crisis, and it will take innovative solutions to help this country suffering from its own waste, where only 30 percent of the population has access to improved sanitation.
Russ Feingold in the Congo
For two decades, the eastern Congo has been ravaged by civil war. Can a former U.S. senator help bring peace?
Kuchus in Uganda
As Uganda struggles with anti-homosexuality legislation, the growing LGBT-rights movement continues its fight against discrimination and criminalization.
October 27, 2011 | Meet the Journalist
William Wheeler: Libya
Reporting from Tripoli, Pulitzer Center grantee William Wheeler looks at Libya's attempt to transform itself into a stable, peaceful and democratic country.
May 11, 2010 | Student Reporting
Teenage Prostitution
Lauryn and Janay from School Without Walls in Washington, DC report on Teenage Prostitution in the US.
April 14, 2009 | Student Voices
Meet the Nepali Kamlaris: Former Indentured Servants
Former indentured servants share their experiences as "Kamlaris" and their hopes for the future.
October 05, 2015 | General news, Project news
Lessons Learned from Ebola Epidemic Shared at Campus Consortium Symposium
Journalists and public health experts join Liberian deputy minister of health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg to share stories of 'heroism and unimaginable loss' in West Africa.
September 16, 2015 | General news, Project news, Awards
'Seeds of Hope' Wins World International Humanitarian Platinum Award
Vote for the Fiona Lloyd-Davies documentary for the 2015 favorite in the World Humanitarian Awards.
September 09, 2015
How Africa's Journalists United for a Pioneering Collaboration
Reporters in one of the largest ever journalistic collaborations in Africa spent months unearthing court records and hushed-up government audits to tell human stories of mining's impacts in Africa.
September 02, 2015 | General news, Project news
Dirt Poor: Poverty and Water Sanitation
Too often, the people most affected by poor water sanitation are also those least able to address the issue. Industry, government, and entrenched poverty all stand in the way of access to clean water.
August 07, 2015 | Project news
Should You Run an NGO Like a Business?
Governments and aid organizations routinely earmark billions of dollars for overseas aid. Could "privatized" forms of aid prevent that money from going to waste?
July 24, 2015 | Project news
Pulitzer Center Journalists on Atlantic's 'Roughly 100 Fantastic Pieces of Journalism'
"Everyday Africa" and other Pulitzer Center grantees included in the Atlantic's Roughly Top 100 non-fiction pieces of 2014.
July 23, 2015 | Project news, Awards
Four Pulitzer Center Grantees Nominated for News and Documentary Emmy Awards
Honored multimedia projects range from an investigation into child labor in gold mining to an examination of reconciliation efforts between survivors and perpetrators of the Rwandan genocide.
July 15, 2015 | General news, Project news
No Time to Hesitate: Ebola First Responders
Global aid agencies floundered for months before tackling the Ebola outbreak. Faster care could have improved survival rates and helped scientists find a cure for the virus.
July 13, 2015 | General news, Project news
This Week: A $1 Million Commitment to Multimedia Freelance Journalism
Furthering its mission to support freelance journalists and top quality foreign reporting, the Pulitzer Center announces its Catalyst Fund.
July 09, 2015 | General news, Project news
Losing a Revolution: Tunisia’s Forgotten Youth
Has the Arab Spring’s most successful democracy failed its most pivotal population?
July 06, 2015 | Project news, Awards
Human Origins Reporting Among This Year's Best American Science and Nature Writing
Science journalist Amy Maxmen's 'Turning Back the Clock on Human Evolution' recognized by its inclusion in 2015 anthology.
July 06, 2015 | General news, Project news
This Week: Youth Fighters in Tunisia
Tunisia's shift, from democracy's hope to a source of ISIS recruits.