Browsing: Africa
NAIROBI, Kenya — The promise sounded familiar. A well-paying job. A chance to earn money quickly. An opportunity that appeared capable of changing a life.…
NAIROBI, Kenya — A routine evening taxi ride through Nairobi ended at a police station rather than its intended destination after a passenger discovered a…
ENTEBBE, Uganda — When Uganda Airlines returned to the skies in 2019 after an 18-year absence, the challenge was not simply to restart a national…
NAIROBI, Kenya — For generations of Kenyan families, admission to university has often been both a triumph and a crisis. The letter arrives carrying the…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s tourism industry has weathered political crises, global pandemics, terrorist attacks and economic shocks. What it rarely faces is a call from…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan politics has long been defined by rivalries between parties. Increasingly, however, some of the country’s most consequential battles are unfolding within…
KAMPALA, Uganda — For many Ugandans, Maggie Kiweesi was known through the people around her. She was the mother of the late musician Emmanuel Mayanja,…
KAMPALA, Uganda — For many Ugandan parents, the most dangerous part of the school day may not be what happens inside the classroom. It may…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Not long ago, the rules seemed clear. A man was expected to provide. A woman was expected to nurture. Marriage followed a…
KAMPALA, Uganda — The warning sounded almost casual at first. As Uganda’s Parliament discussed a recent spike in severe malaria cases that claimed the lives…