Africa's Hit Science Show For Kids Is Coming To The U.S. (exclusive, went gangbusters on social media and featured in Johns Hopkins newsletter)

Lorraine Ololia is 10. She lives in Kampala, Uganda. And she recently came up with a new career goal. A TV show about science, produced by teachers from her junior high school, has inspired her. She's watched an episode on computer programming, another where two young explorers visit her country's Lake Victoria to talk about wetlands and learned how to make a model of a digestive tract at home using bowls, crackers, water, food coloring, bananas and oranges.

Giving birth in the world’s largest refugee camp (featured in The Lily section of the Washington Post)

Amy Fallon is a freelance journalist who has reported from Australia, the U.K., Africa and Asia for the Guardian, the Sydney Morning Herald, AFP and many others. Follow her on Twitter @amyfallon. Under a tarpaulin tent pitched in the world’s largest refugee settlement, a pair of newborn twins is cause for celebration. “They will grow fat,” midwife Christine Ajidiru says, gushing over the mother, Maria Gire, who is breastfeeding one of her new baby girls. The tent houses the maternal and child

The Perfect Wave in Bangladesh (words and pics)

How 3D printing can revolutionise the medical profession (Cambodia - featured on Guardian homepage. Words and pics)

Before the vehicle that she was travelling in flipped over and trapped her right leg, Leakhena Laing was a happy teenager who enjoyed climbing trees...

Ugandan singer faces 10 years in jail for risqué pop video (picked up by Guardian for AFP and many other outlets)

Conservative politicians in Uganda say that a music video by singer Jemimah Kansiime has broken the country’s tough new anti-pornography laws. The 21-year-old has already spent five weeks in jail for appearing in a foam-covered bikini in the video, promoting her single, Ensolo Yange. Under the new law, which took effect in February, Kansiime faces up to 10 years in jail if found guilty of “wilfully and unlawfully producing, trafficking, importing, selling and abetting pornography”. But critic

Ugandan Lawyer Revolutionises Access to Justice with Just an iPhone and Facebook

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Pope Francis Loves Uganda but Didn’t Speak Out to Save LGBT Lives (coverage of Papal visit - words and pics)

KAMPALA, Uganda—As the voice of Uganda’s gay community, Frank Mugisha has met scores of dignitaries from all around the world while fighting for equality. There’s...

Australians take lead in fight for survivors of witch doctors (originally story - p2 of Sydney Morning Herald with pics)

ALL Allan Ssembatya wanted for Christmas was a new soccer ball. Like most Ugandan boys, the 10-year-old is football mad and loves to play his...

Tortured by a witch doctor, saved by Australians (exclusive story, p1 of Sat Sydney Morning Herald)