Africa: Mpox Is Infecting Children in DRC - and Spreading to Uganda and Beyond

Health officials in Uganda told Global Press Journal to ignore information provided by health workers at the border. Read more »

Africa: A Network of Hope - Shelters in Uganda Unite to Safely House LGBTQ People

Providing sexual and gender minorities with secure places to live has become more fraught since the passage of an anti-homosexuality law. Read more »

Africa: A Harvest for Hunger in Rural Zimbabwe

A unique communal garden known as a zunde ramambo, or "chief's granary," is an old idea getting new life -- with a timeless power to support the vulnerable. Read more »

Africa: Remembering the Zimbabwean Health Care System's Heyday

And outlining what it will take to get it back. Read more »

Africa: Tragic Floods Demonstrate the Lifesaving Power of Trees

After disastrous flooding and mudslides, the Kalehe government launched a reforestation campaign to help spare future generations from the same overwhelming grief. Read more »

Africa: Where Will They Play? Uganda's Capital Struggles to Retain Increasingly Rare Open Spaces

With fewer public open spaces, players turn to private lots and facilities -- if they can afford the rental fees. Read more »

Africa: 25 Years, 224 Abuse Allegations, No Peace - DRC Kicks Out UN Peacekeeping Mission

The longtime mission leaves a complex legacy, providing safety to displaced populations even as some peacekeepers stood accused of sexual abuse. While some celebrate their… Read more »

Africa: For Girls Escaping Sexual Abuse, Too Few Safe Spaces

Those who make it to shelters find protection, solace and hope, but a shortage of rehabilitation centers in Uganda thwarts efforts to seek justice. Read more »

Africa: Snakebites Go From Common to Crisis

The life-saving antivenom medication is often too little, too late - especially for the rural residents most at danger. Read more »

Africa: Their Faith Prohibited Vaccinations. Then Measles Killed Their Children.

Members of some Apostolic sects -- and some church leaders -- are reconsidering the stand against medicine after a deadly outbreak in Zimbabwe. Read more »

Africa: Children Pay the Price As Life's Demands Interfere With Breastfeeding

As fewer Ugandan mothers follow WHO guidance for six months of exclusive breastfeeding, newborns are at risk of infections, stunted growth and malnutrition. Read more »

Africa: Forced to Flee Violence, Potter Takes Refuge in Clay

More than 1,100 people have registered as displaced in Kayna since early 2022. Many arrive with nothing, but the area's sandy clay soil gives them the opportunity to build a new… Read more »

Africa: 'They Sing Out Loud What We Are Whispering'

Young musicians risk arrest and death threats as they give voice to frustrated residents in a region wracked by violence. Read more »

Africa: They Have HIV. Why Do They Refuse Treatment?

"Elite controllers" are those who have HIV but show no symptoms. They're proving a roadblock to the country's otherwise promising anti-infection campaign. Read more »

Africa: Drug Could Beat Back HIV - If People Could Get It

Cabotegravir is a promising HIV prevention medication that's approved in countries like the United States. But in sub-Saharan Africa, access encounters a number of hurdles. Read more »