Uganda: Civilians Remain Jailed By Uganda's Military Courts, Despite Supreme Court Ruling

Uganda's Supreme Court in January banned the trial of civilians in military court with immediate effect. In practice, people who oppose President Yoweri Museveni remain in prison… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Faces Liquidity Crisis As U.S. Halts Foreign Aid

The sudden freeze threatens the stability of an economy built on US dollars. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Tuberculosis Treatment in Jeopardy As Zimbabwe Loses U.S. Aid

The sudden halt of USAID funding threatens the country's fragile TB response, putting thousands of patients at risk. Read more »

Africa: Zimbabwe Braces for HIV Resurgence As U.S. Aid Evaporates

Sex workers are the first to feel the effects, as mobile health clinics that offered condoms and preventative treatments disappear. Read more »

Uganda: Without USAID Support, Refugees in Uganda Lose Food, Job Training

Uganda hosts 1.8 million refugees and asylum-seekers, the largest number of any African country. But without US funding, basic services like food distribution are likely to end. Read more »

Africa: Ugandans Fear Resurgence of Aids As Health Clinics Close

As US President Donald Trump ends nearly all foreign aid funding, access to medicines that have suppressed an epidemic for decades will disappear. Read more »

Africa: Stuck in Zimbabwe - African Refugees Grounded By U.S. Executive Order

Some refugees at a settlement camp were about to board flights to new futures. Trump's policy decisions mean they are starting over yet again. Read more »

Uganda: Ebola Breaks Out in Uganda As U.S. Halts Foreign Aid

At least one person has died in the country's latest outbreak. US aid has been key to containing previous outbreaks. How will Uganda fare without it? Read more »

Africa: They Earn More Money, but Some Migrant Health Workers Say It's Not Worth It

Since the pandemic, many major economies like the United Kingdom have tightened restrictions on visas. Migrant health care workers from Zimbabwe struggle as they must live apart… Read more »

Uganda: Uganda's Military Took Over Public-Sector Construction. Private Contractors Are Reeling.

The government's move to transfer many public construction projects to the military has worsened fears about President Museveni's concentration of power. Read more »

Uganda: Regulation or Discrimination? Uganda's Proposed IVF Law Could Be Both.

Proponents say the bill brings needed oversight to a key health care procedure. Detractors say it's the latest in a campaign against gender and sexual minorities. Read more »

Zimbabwe: They Paid for Homes. Zimbabwe Never Gave Them Deeds.

A rent-to-own program aimed to help black citizens obtain property in a post-colonial world. Decades later, many homebuyers are still waiting to call their house their own. Read more »

Uganda: They Needed Money Fast. They Got It - Only to Lose Everything.

Formal pathways to loans in Uganda are cumbersome. Money lenders step in to fill the gap -- but at a steep price. Read more »

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 »

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 »