Region

Africa

February 05, 2020 | Oxpeckers

Beyond Parachute Journalism

Fiona Macleod and Michelle Nel

Instead of grabbing the story and rushing away to publish, the Conservation Capture multimedia collaboration helped remote rural community members participate in the project.

January 31, 2020 | New Vision

Sucked Dry

InfoNile

Huge swaths of land acquired by foreign investors in Africa's Nile River Basin export profits and displace communities.

January 27, 2020 | Oxpeckers

Conservation Capture

Michelle Nel

Dividends of South Africa’s biggest land claim settlement are benefiting less than a third of intended recipients. What does this mean for ecotourism on community land bordering the Kruger National Park?

January 09, 2020 | InfoNile

Trapped in the Buffer Zone

Annika McGinnis

Climate finance was designed to bring money and development to the local communities that host such major tree-growing projects, but, in Bukaleba Forest Reserve, Uganda, four communities that have lived on the land for generations are struggling to survive.

Egypt's Deadly Infrastructure

Jahd Khalil

Egypt’s infrastructure has real life costs for its citizens, and requires targeted and accountable investment. Can the government make the right ones?

The Rebirth of the Shi'a-Sunni Divide

Geneive Abdo

After years of the raging wars in Iraq and Syria, most people still think the conflicts are about territory and political power. But religious practice and belief have a lot to do with it.

A Look Inside South Sudan's Bitter War

Cassandra Vinograd

Mass killings, mass rape, ethnic cleansing, starvation and a lack of international will to act against the specter of genocide: A rare look inside the crisis in South Sudan.

Refugee Boom and Bust: A Global Gold Rush

Malia Politzer, Emily Kassie

From smugglers in Agadez, to factory owners in Turkey, to the Italian and Nigerian mafias in Italy, and small business owners in Greece, people making a killing off the global migrant crisis.

Mugabe's Last Days

Martin Fletcher

What will happen when Robert Mugabe's 36-year rule in Zimbabwe ends? Will life for millions of his oppressed, destitute countrymen get better—or even worse?

Laboratory Earth

Daniel Grossman

An unintended planet-wide experiment is underway–leading to warming temperatures and an acidifying ocean.

South Africa's Toxic Legacy

Mark Olalde

More than 6,000 abandoned mines pierce South African soil, and the nation is now left to deal with the environmental and social rehabilitation from what was once its most important industry.

The World Without Wildlife

Rachel Nuwer

Demand for animals vastly outstrips availability. What are the forces driving the current poaching crisis, what we stand to lose if species fall, and what is being done to stop the killing?

Ending Female Genital Mutilation in Ethiopia

Amy Yee

Female genital mutilation affects 200 million girls and women worldwide. But in Ethiopia, Bogaletch Gebre's nonprofit has reduced FGM in one region from 97 percent to 3 percent by working within communities.

Konzo in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Neil Brandvold, Amy Maxmen

Konzo, a disease associated with irreversible paralysis is caused by improperly processed or hastily prepared cassava, which can retain cyanide.

February 22, 2013 | Student Reporting

School Garden Programs and Food Security

by Max Lander

Planting and maintaining vegetable gardens on school grounds in South Africa was supposed to be a sustainable operation to maintain food security. Unfortunately, it seems to have proven otherwise.

October 10, 2012 | Meet the Journalist

Meet Paul Salopek

Journalist Paul Salopek is preparing to leave on a journey that will take seven years and span 39 countries—and he is doing it all on foot.

January 18, 2017 | Education news

Pulitzer Center Visits West Coast

Evey Wilson

Pulitzer Center journalists Misha Friedman, Jon Cohen and Amy Maxmen spoke to 425 people about their work featured in the e-book "To End AIDS" at different events in the San Francisco area last week.

December 30, 2015 | All Grades

Lesson Plan: Vanishing Groundwater

Pulitzer Center Education

This lesson plan examines the effects of rapidly depleting groundwater reserves around the world using photos, video, interactive maps, startling statistics and rich interviews.

December 18, 2015 | All Grades

News Bite 5: Ebola's Legacy

Amanda Ottaway

In this lesson, students will learn about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the people who worked to slow the epidemic, and the aftermath the disease has wrought upon the region.

October 15, 2015 | Middle School

School Lunch Around the World

Meredith Stewart

In this lesson, students will explore controversy about India's midday meal program and consider how school lunches around the world compare to their own experiences. 

October 12, 2015 | All Grades

Museum of Current Crises

Pulitzer Center Education

This lesson plan outlines a project that allows students the opportunity to connect with a contemporary crisis somewhere in the world.

September 16, 2015 | All Grades

Improving Students’ Blogging Skills

Melissa Quiter

After a series of chats with Pulitzer Center journalists, students reflect on the experience in a creative yet relevant form of writing by producing a blog post.

September 15, 2015 | Middle School

Everyday Africa

Pulitzer Center Education

A lesson guide to be used to in conjunction with the Everyday Africa curriculum, and visits with Peter DiCampo and Austin Merrill.

September 12, 2015 | All Grades

Language and Nationalism

Susan Ikenberry

This lesson will help students apply knowledge of language to understand how it functions in different cultures and contexts.

September 12, 2015 | All Grades

Swimming and Water Safety

Tracy Crowley

Students will learn about the importance of water safety and collect class data on swimming involvement.