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Politics Jul 15

Projects bringing water to drought-ridden land could end with USAID’s dismantling

As the Trump administration ends USAID's mission, a project to bring water to drought-ridden lands is now in peril. In partnership with the Pulitzer Center, William Brangham and producer Molly Knight Raskin traveled to a community in central Kenya to…

Politics Jul 02

Ghana struggles to fight disease and poverty without vital U.S. aid

A study in The Lancet suggests that cuts to USAID could result in the death of 14 million people over the next five years. Ghana has long been seen as a beacon of democracy in West Africa, but it still…

World Jun 12

How USAID cuts are impacting the fight against HIV in Kenya

The Trump administration's cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development have had reverberations around the world. The agency, which operated in over 100 nations and employed thousands of people, has been virtually eliminated. In partnership with the Pulitzer Center,…

Nation Nov 12

In Liberia, survivors of Ebola and civil war now struggle with mental illness

In 2014, an Ebola outbreak ravaged three West African countries. Now many of the same communities are facing a new health struggle: mental illness. In rural Liberia, diseases such as depression and schizophrenia are often considered a “curse” and relegated…

Arts Mar 09

Mali’s artists fight to save the country’s ancient cultural treasures

The northern part of Mali, in West Africa, has come under attack repeatedly since 2012, when al-Qaida linked militants seized two-thirds of the country. Today, as U.N.-led peace talks progress, Mali’s artists and scholars are joining in the fight for…

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