Feith Shimila Murunga says her boss groped, beat and raped her. Mary Wanjiru Nyambura says she was thrown from a balcony. Winfridah Kwamboka never even made it back home. East African leaders and Saudi royals are among those profiting off a lucrative, deadly trade in domestic workers. By Abdi Latif Dahir and Justin Scheck Photographs…
In most countries, working as a housekeeper or nanny is a relatively safe profession. Yet as we traveled across Kenya and Uganda, from crowded and poor urban neighborhoods to far-flung farming villages, we heard many variations on the same horror story: Young, healthy women set off for domestic jobs in Saudi Arabia, only to return…
The Ebola outbreak in Uganda has worsened significantly, and the country’s ability to contain the spread has been severely weakened by the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign assistance, American officials said this week. The officials, representing a variety of health and security agencies, made the assessment during a meeting with U.S. Embassy staff in Kampala,…
In the weeks since President Trump signed an executive order dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development, Andrea Minaj Casablanca’s phone has been inundated with desperate pleas for help. A counselor who works with nonprofits catering to members of Uganda’s embattled L.G.B.T.Q. population, she has fielded urgent requests from people seeking H.I.V. medications, therapy sessions…
Two weeks into President Trump’s sweeping freeze on foreign aid, H.I.V. groups abroad have not received any funding, jeopardizing the health of more than 20 million people, including 500,000 children. Subsequent waivers from the State Department have clarified that the work can continue, but the funds and legal paperwork to do so are still missing….
Ebola Virus Outbreak: अफ्रीकी देश युगांडा में एक बार फिर इबोला वायरस का खतरा बढ़ गया है. गुरुवार (30 जनवरी) को युगांडा के स्वास्थ्य मंत्रालय ने इसकी पुष्टि की और बताया कि राजधानी कंपाला में एक नर्स की इबोला से मौत हो गई है. साल 2023 के बाद यह पहली मौत है, जिसे इबोला संक्रमण…
Parents and their children, or people who know each other well, often share some expression that is unique to them — a phrase or gesture that began by happenstance but gradually acquired a meaning that only they know. The same is true of Beryl, a chimpanzee living in Kibale National Park, in Uganda, and her…
JINJA, Uganda – For the past six months, Armstrong Muhoozi has been putting in work. He lugs his baseball equipment about a mile uphill from his ramshackle home to a rutted, bumpy field at the Masese Co-Education Primary School. Sometimes, the 17-year-old makes this dusty trek twice per day, committed to perfecting his backhand on…
Uganda Mpox Virus: युगांडा में पिछले पांच दिनों में एमपॉक्स संक्रमण से चार और लोगों की मौत हो गई है. इसके साथ ही कुल मृतकों की संख्या अब 10 हो गई है. देश में 1,571 पुष्ट संक्रमण मामलों के साथ, स्थिति गंभीर होती जा रही है. युगांडा के स्वास्थ्य मंत्रालय ने रिपोर्ट दी है कि…
Uganda Man With 12 Wives: युगांडा का एक 70 साल का शख्स अपने बहुत बड़े परिवार के कारण इन दिनों चर्चा में है. मूसा हसाह्या कसेरा नाम के इस शख्स ने 10 या 20 नहीं बल्कि 102 बच्चे पैदा कर डाले. उसकी 12 पत्नियों से 102 बच्चे और 578 पोते-पोतियां हैं, जिससे उनका परिवार कुल…