Land Deals Threaten to Impair River Nile
Land deals along River Nile could easily impair its recharging potential if water abstraction is not regulated.
View ArticleLand Grabbing Worsens Climate Change
Forestland grabs are not only denying land rights to forest communities and indigenous people but also leading to biodiversity loss and climate change.
View ArticleYoung Leader Profiles: Meet the Winners of the Local Letters for Global...
Meet the next generation of global changemakers: our contest winners are profiled here, and receive congratulatory videos from journalists reporting on their letters' focal areas.
View ArticleBeyond Fueling Land Grabs: Dams and Reservoirs Worsen Water Shortages
While water dams and reservoirs produce much needed renewable energy, provide water for agriculture, industrial use, and control river flow and flooding, a new study by scientists has found that they...
View ArticleLand Deals Threaten to Impair River Nile
Land deals along River Nile could easily impair its recharging potential if water abstraction is not regulated.
View ArticleA Warm Welcome: First Days in Uganda
Keishi Foecke arrives in Uganda to report on education in sexual violence protection. She finds that on the one hand she is a clear outsider, while on the other hand Ugandans are genuinely welcoming.
View Article#MeToo: The Fight Against the ‘Open Secret’ of Sexual Violence in Uganda
The #MeToo movement is making its way across the world. In Uganda, it means speaking out against a culturally deep-seated "open secret"—and finding the courage to speak out against sexual violence.
View ArticleRoad River: A Photo Story of a River Dried by Illegal Land Acquisitions
A lifeline river for over five million people in southwestern Uganda has turned into a road. Residents walk through it as this photo story shows.
View ArticlePicturing Health: Health Services in Refugee Camps Are Helping South Sudanese...
Health clinics in Ugandan refugee camps provide services to South Sudanese women who have survived sexual violence.
View ArticleSexual Violence, HIV, and Conflict in South Sudan
As refugees flee conflict in South Sudan, the burden of HIV grows, in part because of rampant sexual violence.
View ArticleThe First 1,000 Days and Beyond: Mothers, Children and Early Intervention
Event date: Thursday, April 30, 2015 - 13:30Learn moreNicholas Kristof talk on his latest book connects with Boston University Campus Consortium panel on the consequences of malnutrition and efforts to...
View ArticleA Devastating Illness Rocked Uganda, Then Disappeared. Disabled Children —...
Children in Northern Uganda were hit by a devastating illness that mysteriously disappeared, leaving victims with severe developmental disabilities and psychiatric disturbances.
View ArticleUganda: De-Normalizing Sexual Violence
Sexual violence is ingrained into Ugandan culture, largely due to its normalization in society. Finally, a powerful movement is underway to start the conversation about the issue in Uganda.
View ArticleNo More Silence: The Emergence of the #MeToo Movement in Uganda
Sexual violence is normalized in Ugandan culture, while sex and sexuality are so taboo that nobody discusses them. Passionate women are rising up to lead the fight against these harmful norms.
View ArticleIn Refugee Settlements in Uganda, Survivors Grapple With How to Raise...
How do you parent a child whose life is a reminder of violence?
View ArticleMeet the Journalist: Esther Ruth Mbabazi
Esther Ruth Mbabazi discusses her reporting project on "Nodding Syndrome," a neurological condition affecting over 2100 children in Northern Uganda.
View ArticleSucked Dry
Huge swaths of land acquired by foreign investors in Africa's Nile River Basin export profits, displace communities
View ArticleTrapped in the Buffer Zone
Climate finance was designed to bring money and development to the local communities that host such major tree-growing projects, but, in Bukaleba Forest Reserve, Uganda, four communities that have...
View ArticleThe Story of Sucked Dry: A Cross-Border Data Journalism Investigation...
The InfoNile team tells the story of their cross-border data journalism investigation covering large-scale foreign land deals in the Nile River basin of Africa.
View ArticleAmanda Sperber Shortlisted for One World Media Awards 2020
Pulitzer Center-grantee Amanda Sperber was shortlisted in the 2020 One World Media Awards for her work in Uganda.
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