Kampala: At least 14 people, including several children, were killed in a refugee camp in Uganda when a lightning strike struck a makeshift church in which they were sheltering, local officials said on Sunday. About 50 people took refuge in a church in Palabek refugee camp in northern Uganda on Saturday evening when a severe … Read more
MUNIGI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO — Esther Mwema assumed her 4-year-old son had chicken pox. He was lucky enough to get a medical exam at this camp for displaced people, where many families live in tents and even clean water is at a premium. But the diagnosis was something else: mpox, a virus that’s sweeping … Read more
KAMPALA, UGANDA — Avis Natukunda would still be in private school if it weren’t for a lack of teachers. The aspiring economist needed to pass her exams to be able to go to university, but when she sought out her teachers, particularly her math teacher, to go over materials she didn’t understand, they were nowhere … Read more