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February 19
Zambia: Why Grants for Women-Run Businesses in Zambia Never Reach Them
The rural business owners, who often are illiterate, struggle with a national grant program's complex application process -- making them prime targets for scams. Read more »
August 04, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: To Treat Cavities, DRC's Traditional Healers Turn to a Surprising Ingredient
Traditional healers harness generations-old treatments to provide relief for cavities and toothaches. Read more »
April 25, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: DRC's Underage Metal Collectors Fend for Themselves
In Kisangani, a growing number of children are risking stigma, injury and arrest in the pursuit of income. Read more »
April 03, 2023
Uganda: This Bird Is Revered. Why Is Its Population Dwindling?
As its habitat disappears due to human encroachment on Uganda's wetlands, the gray crowned crane has moved to farmland in search of food. That's a problem. Read more »
March 29, 2023
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 »
March 21, 2023
Zimbabwe: Teen Pregnancies Are Soaring. Is Revamping Sex Education the Answer?
Teachers and others say Zimbabwe's current curriculum falls short and should be redesigned. But some question whether the subject should be taught in schools at all. Read more »
February 01, 2023
Uganda: Dearth of Wild Mushrooms Becomes an Opportunity for Farmers
To meet the need, Uganda trains farmers to grow the nutrient-rich fungi. Many beneficiaries are women seeking financial independence. Read more »
January 24, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: DRC Has Vast Water Resources, but Kisangani's Taps Run Dry
Kisangani residents pay their water bills, only to receive sporadic service and contaminated water. Read more »
January 19, 2023
Uganda: Renewed Violence in Karamoja Forces Students Out of School
After years of relative peace, the Karamoja region is again experiencing outbreaks of violence. That's kept many students and teachers at home. Read more »
January 18, 2023
Zimbabwe: Failed By the Health System, Women Are Turning to Courts
After traumatic experiences giving birth, some women are seeking recourse and justice in Zimbabwe's courts. Read more »
January 11, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Meet Kasingiri's Pioneering Motorcycle Taxi Driver
As her village's first woman in the job, Esther Katungu Kisumba confronts danger and sexism daily. Read more »
January 09, 2023
Uganda: Where Crops Grow, but Children Go Hungry
People have feared to go to their far-flung fields because of a resurgence in violent raids. Now, there's a severe shortage of food. Read more »
January 05, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Food Crisis in Goma As M23 Fighting Intensifies
The Congolese army has clashed with M23, an armed group, in North Kivu province, where residents face food scarcity and high prices. Read more »
January 04, 2023
Zambia: Food Production Dwindles As Fuel Costs Skyrocket
Without adequate rain, farmers must turn to irrigation. But without fuel to power the pumps, there's only so much they can grow. Read more »
January 03, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Mutual Aid Organisation Transforms Kirumba's Urban Landscape
Over the last few years, something has changed about Kirumba. From the hills overlooking this rural town in DRC's North Kivu province, one might spot a shop made of brick or a… Read more »
January 02, 2023
Uganda: Narcotic or Cash Crop - Legal Limbo Puts Khat Growers in Tough Spot
Officially, the stimulant plant has been banned for seven years. In reality, enforcement of the law itself remains prohibited. For farmers, the question is how to plan for the… Read more »
December 20, 2022
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 »
November 14, 2022
Zimbabwe: Villagers Brace for Another Displacement. This Time, It's for Coal #AfricaClimateCrisis
Residents of western Zimbabwe worry they will be displaced without adequate compensation and protection. Some have been through this before. Read more »
November 02, 2022
Zimbabwe: There's No Place Like Home, and Harare Has Too Few
As Harare's housing shortage deepens, many Zimbabweans make do in squalid conditions or informal settlements. And fake agents prey on those desperate to find places to rent. Read more »
October 31, 2022
Uganda: Where Coffee Is Grown but Rarely Consumed
In Uganda, people grow coffee to export but rarely consume it themselves. Now a push to dispel myths about the beverage and introduce new ways to use the beans is changing that. Read more »
October 26, 2022
Uganda: From Fuel to Bicycles, 'The Potential of Bamboo Is Limitless'
Uganda invests in bamboo as a sustainable way to reverse the worrying trend of deforestation. Read more »
October 20, 2022
Africa: Food Is Scarce These Days, and the Refugees Keep Coming
At Africa's oldest refugee settlement, cuts to monthly stipends lead to hunger -- and conflicts with Ugandan farmers. Read more »
October 19, 2022
Zimbabwe: Once Revered, Teachers Now Push for Adequate Pay
Educators during the country's post-independence golden age wanted for nothing. Today's teachers say they barely scrape by. Read more »
October 17, 2022
Zimbabwe: Benefit Or Burden? A Farming Program's Mixed Results
Doubts about its effectiveness and allegations of corruption tarnish a contract farming program intended to reduce Zimbabwe's reliance on maize imports. Read more »
October 12, 2022
Zimbabwe: New Water Policy Brings Less Sharing, More Spying
The government says the switch to a prepaid system improves payment collections and water conservation. Residents and landlords argue it costs more, hurts the vulnerable and ruins… Read more »
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