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June 18, 2019 | BBC News

Face to Face With DR Congo's Deadly Vipers

Hugh Kinsella Cunningham

Amid the swathes of forest that cover the country, and behind the headlines of war and Ebola, the Democratic Republic of Congo is at the forefront of a hidden health crisis.

June 08, 2019 | Water Journalists Africa, Science Africa

Yala Swamp Saga: Broken Promises, Idle Land

Text by Geoffrey Kamadi. Coordination by Fredrick Mugira.

An investor was given a 25 year lease to initiate agricultural projects in Yala Swamp within Kenya. The resulting saga between Dominion Farms Limited and the local community illuminates the economic and environmental tensions central to similar land acquisition deals. 

June 07, 2019 | The Atlantic

Intersex, and Proud

Robert Tokanel and Yuhong Pang

2019 Pulitzer Center student fellow film She's Not a Boy focuses on an intersex woman who moved from Zimbabwe to the United States.

Water Safety in Zanzibar

Claire Elizabeth Felter

The WHO estimates over 370,000 lives are lost each year to drowning. And while water is an undeniable part of culture in Zanzibar, Tanzania, lack of knowledge about aquatic survival is commonplace.

Surgery: The 'Neglected Stepchild' of Global Health

Bridget Huber

Surgically-treatable conditions cause more death and disability than HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, combined. Now, a group of doctors is pushing to put surgery on the global health agenda.

What Came of Libya’s ‘Land Grab’ in Mali?

Chris Arsenault

In 2009, Libya bought 100,000 hectares of prime territory in Mali in what critics consider a "land grab". With both countries facing instability: who controls the farm land now?

Sierra Leone: Where Corruption Kills

Matt Hongoltz-Hetling, Michael G. Seamans

Forced to choose between corrupt government clinics and faith healers, Sierra Leone's pregnant women and their infants are dying in record numbers. One doctor may have the solution.

Innovating the Rwandan Recovery

Tik Root, Juan Herrero, Wyatt Orme

More than twenty years after a genocide, a look at the next generation of Rwandans and their place in a rapidly changing country.

Interrupting Rape Worldwide

M. Sophia Newman

There's a method to stopping gun violence before it starts--and it has worked in seven countries. Can the method be modified to prevent sexual violence?

Somalia: Pirates and Anarchy

Michael Scott Moore

Journalist Michael Scott Moore was held hostage for 32 months by Somali pirates. He is recovering. Will Somalia ever recover?

The 101st Airborne, Fighting Ebola in Liberia

Brian Castner, Cheryl Hatch

To assist Liberia in containing Ebola, the US turned to its soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan from the most battle-hardened unit in the US Army. How does an infantry division fight a disease?

Disaster Science During the Ebola Outbreak

Amy Maxmen

Research during a disaster can seem frivolous when there aren’t enough resources to handle the immediate response. But in the Ebola outbreak it's become clear that data collection must happen now.