"It's a sacrifice — just like the one Jesus made for us," said Sr. Stella Aketch "The Ugandan martyrs also gave their lives ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan lawmakers on Tuesday passed a government-backed bill to authorize civilian trials in military courts, defying widespread criticism by opposition figures and others who ...

Puppeteers move cardboard animals in canoes at the Makoko Slum in Lagos Nigeria, Saturday, April 19, 2025, as part of "The Herds," a moving theatre performance that started its journey from the ...

MAKOKO, Nigeria (AP) — Several canoes paddle toward Makoko, a vast floating slum built on stilts in the lagoon at one end of Nigeria’s economic hub of Lagos. Riding on the vessels are giant ...

In the slums of Wakaliga, on the outskirts of Uganda's capital Kampala, an independent film studio has been defying norms for 20 years. With shoestring budgets, Wakaliwood produces action and ...

The idea for ‘Music for Hope’ came about in 2023 when Irish band 9 Hazel Trees travelled to Uganda at the invitation ... which educates children from Manuwongo slum, will benefit from the ...

The Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) announced that tour operator Acholi Homestay and Acholi Experience, operated by Loremi Tours, have earned the FTT-Engaged Award. This Fair Trade Tourism (FTT ...

“When I connected with the Stoke Park visitors I took them for a tour of the Kosovo Slum and the surroundings, and showed them the work CEFOVID Uganda Children’s charity was doing, which ...

and most of the population ends up in sprawling slums. According to Richard Kimbowa, who is the executive director of the Uganda Coalition for Sustainable Development, many people are living from hand ...

The MPs drawn from Gender, Labour and Social Development Committee of the Ugandan Parliament, visited Kenya to learn how to manage slums. “We know that developing ... be useful in developing smart ...

No matter what you call it—slum tours, reality tours, adventure tourism, poverty tourism—many consider the practice little more than slack-jawed privileged people gawking at those less fortunate.