School of Refugees
Sometimes Prossy, a 13-year-old girl from South Sudan now living in Uganda, has her lessons under a tree instead of in a classroom, or sits ...
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Q&A: Uganda's refugee minister seeks solidarity in first-of-its-kind summit
As a former refugee in Kenya, Musa Francis Ecweru often reflects on the generosity of his once-host nation. Today, as Uganda’s state minister for relief, ...
A long walk to safety for child refugees
FOR days 13-year-old Yayo Tangko and her four younger siblings trekked alone from South Sudan to Uganda, a country to the south.
Ugandan medics seek Libya payday
After six years of desperately searching for a “greener pasture”, Moses, a poorly paid Ugandan medical laboratory technician sick of struggling to put food on ...
Fighting back
Growing up in the Ugandan capital of Kampala, Helen Baleke considered herself the "champ of the streets". At least, until she was assaulted at the ...
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NGOs turn to courts to unravel Uganda's ban on sexual education
A civil society lawsuit seeking to compel the Ugandan government to teach sexual education in schools goes before a Kampala Court this Wednesday. Advocates hope ...
Stella Nyanzi on the Fight to Get Free Pads for Uganda’s Schoolgirls
KAMPALA, Uganda – Ugandan academic and activist Dr. Stella Nyanzi, 42, is no stranger to controversy. In 2016 she undressed and posted images and a ...
Tanzania Continues Crackdown on LGBT Communities
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – “I’m an African woman,” declares Queen M, as the part-time fashion designer struts around her backyard in a floaty chiffon ...
No more lessons when fighters come to school
In places such as the Central African Republic, fighters take over schools and use them as bases. They even break up desks and rip up ...
Telescope brings the stars to kids in Kenya
The Travelling Telescope project, which began in 2013, takes astronomers to the east African country’s most isolated areas. They bring a telescope and virtual reality ...
People With HIV Are Panicking in Tanzania
People With HIV Are Panicking Due To Tanzania's Crackdown On Gays "I'm alone in this world," sobs the woman, tears smudging her black eyeliner as ...
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