Nigeria has the largest number of child brides in Africa. The practice is most prevalent in the predominantly Muslim north where conservatives staunchly resist efforts to criminalize child marriage. In Kaduna, VOA meets child brides, some of whom accept their fate, and others who’ve run away.

ON THIS DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY On March 22, 1765, the British government levies its first internal tax directly on American colonists with the Stamp Act. All material printed for commercial and legal use in the colonies, such as newspapers, pamphlets, wills, deeds and playing cards, is subject to the new tax. The move angers the colonists, who raise the issue of taxation without representation. (Photo: tax stamps)

US veterans with PTSD are finding relief with an ancient Native American ritual. Native American and Alaskan Natives have a variety of prayers, ceremonies and rituals to honor returning soldiers. One of the most common is the ‘sweat,’  a ritual steam bath to  help warriors readjust to civilian life.

Cambridge Analytica influenced elections in Africa long before its controversial roles in the 2016 Brexit vote and US presidential election. The data mining company is under fire for allegedly using 50 million Facebook accounts to shape campaign messages for then-candidate Donald Trump. Cambridge Analytica says it helped mitigate South Africa election violence in 1994, during the transition away from apartheid. More recently, however, Cambridge Analytica worked to exploit divisions during the presidential election in Kenya.

The dying city of Vorkuta, Russia, lies 150 kilometers inside the Arctic Circle. Here, the vast icy landscape is punctured with the remnants of creaking coal mines. Eight of the 13 coal mines closed in the 1990s, and two-thirds of the residents have left in the past 30 years. VOA  caught the Vorkuta Express to this city in Russia’s far north, where residents hope President Vladimir Putin will throw them a lifeline.

GRAPHIC: It’s a basic human right, but 2 billion people around the world do not have access to safe drinking water. In some areas, people walk for hours or wait in long lines for fresh water. In the world’s poorest areas, people are forced to spend half of their daily salary to buy water. On World Water Day, here’s a look of the state of water.

Music at Sing Sing. Inmates at a maximum security prison  are learning from some of the world’s finest musical artists. It’s courtesy of a program sponsored by New York City’s famed Carnegie Hall. Twice a month, artists from New York City travel to Sing Sing and spend a day giving formal training to 30 music-minded inmates.

Urban planners are re-imagining refugee camps as livable cities. There are 65.6 million refugees and internally displaced people worldwide, more than at any time since World War II. The Zaatari Camp in Jordan is now home to nearly 80,000 Syrian refugees. Sama El Saket, who is working on her doctorate in urban design at Harvard University, has come up with a plan that includes neighborhoods with communal green spaces and housing around courtyards.