Zimbabwe

Timber company workers stand stranded on a damaged road on March 18th, 2019, at Charter Estate, in Chimanimani, eastern Zimbabwe, after Cyclone Idai ripped across Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa sent the country into turmoil after doubling oil prices just before flying off to Russia.

Angry protesters barricaded roads with burning tires and rocks after the government more than doubled the price of fuel in a bid to improve supplies as the country battles its worst gasoline shortage in a decade.

Altar boys prepare ahead of the Sunday Mass celebration at the Sacred Heart Church in Harare, Zimbabwe, on August 5th, 2018.

Voting closed in Zimbabwe's first election since the former president was ousted after 37 years in power.

The animal is considered sacred in certain regions of the country, and that belief is being used to prevent locals from killing the endangered creature for profit.

A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.

Supporters of the Zimbabwe opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change, listen and cheer as the party's acting president addresses the crowd gathered outside the party headquarters in Harare, Zimbabwe.

During the hardline president's 37-year regime women were largely forced out of politics. Will things change under new leadership?

A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.

Harare residents celebrate in the streets following the resignation of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on November 21st, 2017.

Pedestrians pass a tank stationed at an intersection as Zimbabwean soldiers regulate traffic in Harare on November 15th, 2017.

Zimbabwe receives $150 million in U.S. aid funding annually to combat food insecurity and support climate resilience programs for 2.1 million people.

How the West can (and must) help developing countries adapt to extreme weather.

The Lacey Act, a 115-year-old law that seeks to protect threatened species, is still going strong.

If #CeciltheLion got you mad about big cat trophies, wait until you hear what they’re doing with the bones.

Restoring Africa's peace could be helped by restoring its fabled—and endangered—fauna.

Consider the evidence.

Global Witness, the London-based resource watchdog, thinks so.

In some places, nearly 15 percent of monthly income goes to greasing palms.