Uganda: Charcoal Ban Drives Up Prices in Uganda, Putting Small Businesses in a Bind

The government is pushing for cleaner fuel options. But costs and traditions stand in the way of change. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Serious Consequences As Private Medical Labs Skirt Regulations in DRC

Between 2020 and 2023, more than 60% of patients tested at private laboratories in DRC's Tshopo province were misdiagnosed. Read more »

Zambia: The Key Reason Zambia's Cholera Death Toll Is So High

Hospitals are well equipped to handle the disease. The problem? Getting there. Read more »

Uganda: In Uganda, a Substantial Teacher Pay Raise Isn't Good News for Everyone

The government boosted pay to attract and retain public school teachers. As far as private school students are concerned, it's worked a little too well. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Pregnant Women in Zimbabwe Flaunt Taboos With Baby Bump Photo Shoots

Social media trends have inspired a rise in these photo shoots in a culture that traditionally hides pregnancies. Read more »

Zimbabwe: In Zimbabwe, Free Cancer Screenings Are Widely Available. Treatment Isn't.

The country's screening initiatives help women detect cervical and breast cancers early -- but what happens next? Read more »

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Has Programs to Retain Medical Students - and That's Exactly Why They're Fleeing

Aspiring nurses are being lured to Zambia and beyond by the promise of lucrative jobs and fewer bureaucratic hurdles. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Violence in DRC Has Forced Hundreds of Students Out of School. They May Never Return.

A land conflict in Kisangani has shuttered schools and forced thousands to flee their homes. For children, the effects could last a lifetime. 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 »

Zimbabwe: Zimbabweans Skeptical About Country's Latest Currency

Zimbabwean gold is tied to the country's reserves, including the precious metal from which it gets its name. The structure aims for stability. Yet the rollout has been anything… Read more »

Uganda: False Claims, Real Harm - LGBT Ugandans Shut Out From Asylum By Impostors

Uganda's anti-homosexuality laws offer plentiful reasons for transgender, gay and other gender and sexual minorities to seek asylum abroad. But some heterosexual people have seen… Read more »

Uganda: Politics Trump Prevention As HIV Races Through Uganda's Prisons

Infection rates among incarcerated people are more than twice the national average. But behind bars, basic prevention tools are denied. Read more »

Zambia: It's Illegal. It's Unsafe. It's All the Rage in Zambia's Backyard Bars.

A homemade distilled spirit is the drink of choice for cash-strapped businesses and their drinking clients -- despite the many warnings. Read more »

Zimbabwe: During Zimbabwe's Mass Exodus, Meet the Doctors and Nurses Who Stayed

Those who remain must navigate a crumbling health care system -- and the moral, physical and mental costs that come with it. Read more »

Uganda: Forced From the Flock - LGBTQ+ Believers Are Being Pushed Out of Churches in Uganda

"The gospel that is being preached on the pulpit these days is just meant to insult and belittle us," says a Ugandan churchgoer. Read more »

Zambia: Zambia's School Population Is Exploding - But There's Nowhere for Them to Sit.

Government grants are starting to chip away at the problem -- and giving carpenters a much-needed boost, too. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Inside the Makeshift Maternity Wards of Harare

Although medical professionals warn about risks, DIY midwifery remains alive and well in a country where affordable and accessible institutional options continue to dwindle. Read more »

Uganda: These Ugandan Vendors Choose Their Jobs Over Their Health - Do They Have a Choice?

Finding affordable and accessible health care is a problem for the many women who work in Kampala's bustling markets. But so, too, is finding the time. 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 »

Congo-Kinshasa: 'We End Up Slowly Dying' - the Struggle for Water in DRC's Displacement Camps

Hundreds of thousands of people have fled violence in eastern DRC and crowded into camps that fail to meet their basic needs. Here, residents wait in long lines for limited water… Read more »

Zambia: Zambian Women Are Obsessed With Using Tobacco for Sex - Despite the Health Risks

They ingest snuff to self-medicate and insert it in their vaginas to increase their partner's sexual pleasure. But smokeless tobacco could compound the already steep health… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Driving Cargo Trucks in Zimbabwe Is Dangerous and Difficult. This Woman Is Doing It Anyway.

Just 5% of the nation's truck drivers are women, and the demanding job comes with challenges at home and on the road. Read more »

Uganda: Behind the Wheel With Uganda's Pioneering Women Drivers

Low pay, sexual harassment and job instability haven't stopped women from pursuing opportunities in the male-dominated public transport sector. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Once 'Masters of the Forest,' DRC's Pygmy Community Is Being Forced Out of National Park

Despite a 2022 law that protects indigenous land rights, evictions from Virunga National Park leave little access to traditional ways of life. Read more »