In Uganda 16 women in labour die each day. One woman, backed by a civil society organisation, took the state to court
As MPs scuffle over the president’s ageing reign, protesters take the battle to the streets
The brain drain to North Africa threatens to hobble the nation’s health system
Judgment has been postponed indefinitely as a battle wages over the ‘export’ of health workers.
Uganda’s biggest public health threat is the drain of its medical brains to Trinidad and Tobago.
Jemimah Kansiime’s livelihood is now under threat as her Rihannaesque antics could lead to jail time.
A court overturned the anti-gay Bill on a technicality, and the politician who fought it plans to fight a bid to have it passed again.
So much of the world is familiar with ice cream that it is difficult to imagine discovering it for the first time, as these Rwandan women did.
The online encyclopedia will serve as a repository for the continent’s rich traditions, crafts and culture.
Fashion Weeks in Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi provide a showcase for local designers and are spurring similar events in neighbouring countries.