This is life for Emon and most Biharis, the Urdu-speaking people who migrated from the northeast Indian state of Bihar in the 1940s to what was then East Pakistan – now Bangladesh. Today, most live in ...

Asia’s largest informal settlement — is located on prime real estate. Many people who live there now are under pressure to ...

HARARE, ZIMBABWE — It’s been months since lecturers at the University of Zimbabwe, the country’s oldest and most prestigious ...

A 2019 change in funding to prevent fraud has hampered universities' abilities to update equipment and to offer certain ...

According to data from the International Organization for Migration, more than 1 million people are now displaced within ...

A bill rushed through Parliament opens the door to civilian arrests and military detentions — months before a critical ...

Modi's administration wants more power over courts — but a weakened judiciary means fewer checks on authoritarian overreach.

Fishermen bemoan dwindling catches as contamination by industrial waste and other pollutants raises concerns about the safety of food and drinking water.

Men make a living pushing so-called Zamcabs, with loads weighing up to 661 pounds, around the capital area. People say this type of work has eased unemployment, and small traders see it as a less ...

Cyber slavery rings are growing across the region, trapping young jobseekers in brutal scam compounds — and fueling a global criminal enterprise.

HARARE, ZIMBABWE and LUSAKA, ZAMBIA — At a nursing school in Zambia, many of the students aren’t from Zambia at all. Michael is one of them. “We are over 100 Zimbabweans in a class of 140 students,” ...

On International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, this five-part series looks at how governments in the region struggle to rein in the bloodshed – and the many ways women fight for ...