Nowadays

Domestic violence is widespread in Brazil and has deep cultural roots

Guatemala’s Casa de la Memoria, a history museum, highlights the country’s many episodes of civil strife

Zimbabwe’s urban population is growing fast, and many of the new arrivals end up in slums with disastrous living conditions

Rwanda is taking its ban on single-use plastic bags one big step further, to include most other types of single-use plastic products

Zimbabwe’s effort to fight HIV/AIDS is suffering major setbacks due to a worsening economy

Malawi police move deliberately to investigate officers accused of rape

While bereaved families mourn, some grave diggers in Malawi add to their woes by imposing late-payment penalties

As in many facets of life in Zambia, the influence of China is visible in the country’s health-care sector

Guatemala’s disadvantaged children are learning to distinguish good information from misinformation, in a pioneering media outreach project

Tribal chiefs are divided amongst themselves over a proposed open-cast copper mine in Zambia’s Zambezi National Park