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
KAMPALA, UGANDA — Gertrude Arineitwe spreads out her green polythene bag at the charcoal shelter. The charcoal seller, a woman from whom Arineitwe has bought charcoal for the past four years and who has become a friend, empties a spadeful of charcoal into the bag. Black dust wafts in the air. Soot-colored pieces fall into … Read more
A vast landfill site collapsed in Uganda’s capital city on Friday, killing at least 18 people, the Red Cross said. Eighteen was the latest number reported by the nonprofit on Sunday as searches drew on for people who still had not been accounted for, but Uganda Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja said later that it had … Read more