From Kolawole Talabi for SciDev.Net: Corruption in Nigeria is potentially threatening public health on a global scale because of forgeries of yellow fever vaccination cards needed to travel. A lack of coordination and transparency in handing out the cards contribute to the problems, and experts say more needs to be done to combat forgeries. [Reporting sponsored by individual donors referred ...
Marianna Grigoryan for MediaLab: The story of four women at different stages of their lives, all under mandatory treatment in a psychiatric hospital in Armenia. Despite various reforms and declarations about the importance of human rights, the mental hospitals and similar facilities in Armenia still remain extremely closed institutions, where abuses sometimes occur and reforms are needed. [Reporting sponsored by ...
Wanjohi Kabukuru travelled to Kenya’s Tana River Delta for New African magazine and found a region overrun by conflict, broken dreams, political strife and unfulfilled promises. Competing interests — agricultural, environmental and corporate — often collide amid a history of government failures to adequately manage the region. [Reporting sponsored by The Reva and David Logan Foundation.] ...
From Joseph Sorrentino for 100Reporters: Despite being deemed likely candidates for asylum, refugees from Central America, many of them women and children, are held in detention until they can post bond — which most cannot afford — or agree to wear tracking devices. [Sponsored by The Park Foundation.] Photo credit: Joseph Sorrentino ...
Author Susan Southard’s book Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War, came out in 2015 and was well received by critics. Her interviews with survivors of the US nuclear attack centered not only on the tragic deaths and physical injuries, but also on the persistent feelings of “bitterness and outrage” toward the United States. The Washington Post called it the “most painful” book ...
From Yvette Cabrera for Voice of OC: Hundreds, if not thousands, of children have been turned over by probation departments across California to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and placed in deportation proceedings. In doing so, some probation officers have violated the privacy and legal rights of the children, broken up families and put children and families in limbo, sometimes ...
From Allyn Gaestel for Al Jazeera America, homes for the poor burn to the ground in Lagos as luxury apartments and commercial districts take their place. In extreme cases, impoverished residents have been murdered; thugs are blamed but long time residents suspect a connection with the real estate developments that are pushing them out. [Reporting sponsored by The Green Park ...
From Christian Locka for Info-Afrique, the story of private contractors hired to conduct raids to collect taxes. Local vendors complain the tactics used are illegal and the money collected does not improve roads or schools in Cameroon. [Reporting sponsored by The Reva and David Logan Foundation.] Photo credit: Christian Locka ...
From Kwabena Adu Korenteng for NewsGhana, the story of polluted waters caused by the dumping of toxic waste and human excrement. The pollution threatens the health of four million people who rely on the River Densu for basic drinking water. [Reporting sponsored by The Reva and David Logan Foundation.] Photo credit: Alex Bentil ...
From Colleen Kimmett for In These Times, an investigation of post-Katrina New Orleans schools. Under new management, most New Orleans public schools are now charter schools. The schools operated by the state-run Recovery School District represent the first all-charter district in the nation. The results so far? Graduation rates are up. Test scores are up. But discipline is strict, leading ...