Zimbabweans are turning to solar energy for survival after the government began to cut the power supply for long periods of time amid severe fuel and electricity shortages. As Columbus Mavhunga reports from Harare, the country’s new energy minister is asking Zimbabweans to offer the government long-term solutions to solve the country’s chronic energy problems
Recent moves by several U.S. states to impose strict new limits on abortion have encouraged abortion opponents that they might eventually be able to challenge a 1973 Supreme Court decision that established a constitutional right for women to seek an abortion and another story where thousands of immigrants seeking asylum wait at the southern border, many are being apprehended across the border by American border patrol agents
Information technologies are changing the lives of many Cameroonian farmers, who previously were dependent on brokers, who charged fees to serve as middlemen to purchasers
Hundreds of protesters marched through Kosovo’s capital, Pristina, in support of rape victims from the war in the country in 1998 to 1999
Wildfires are often discovered by aircraft pilots, drivers or spotters in observation towers but also increasingly by remote sensors, which alert authorities to fire outbreaks
Chechen man helps Russians locate and repair their family graves in Grozny’s war-scarred and neglected Christian cemetery
From Uzbekistan to Hollywood! Watch how Shirin Gulyamova’s childhood dream of being a celebrity hairstylist became a reality
Go-Go, a blend of funk, rhythm and blues, is a genre of music that started in Washington D.C. in the early 70’s. The Backyard Band – one of the most popular go-go bands in the nation’s capital – talk to us about their journey, the history of go-go, and the impact gentrification is having on their music
More than half of India’s 1.3 billion people are younger than 25. In the ongoing general elections, almost 15 million voters between 18 and 19 are expected to cast their ballots for the first time
Voters in Malawi head to the polls on May 21st. Political observers are predicting a tight battle for the presidency between incumbent Peter Mutharika and several top opposition candidates