Into Their Own Hands: Kibera, Kenya’s Largest Slum, Tames COVID-19
By Henry Owino When Covid-19 was first reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) in
June 26, 2020
Youth in Sebei, Uganda Crush Plastic, Turn Human Waste into Cooking Fuel
A group of young people, majority women in Kapchorwa district Sebei sub-region, Eastern Uganda, have started a new project which is using solar energy to transform human and livestock waste into efficient cooking fuel.
June 26, 2020
Making a difference: How a grassroots organization is preventing unintended pregnancies during COVID-19 lockdown
300 women from eight districts in southwestern Uganda are receiving deliveries of birth control by EPHWOR, Enforcement of Patients and Health Workers’ Rights Uganda, during the COVID-19 lockdown.
June 19, 2020
Mt. Elgon Landslides Survivors Plant 30,000 Trees through a Village Savings Group to Fight Climate Change
BECOMAP community organization has planted more than 30,000 trees in eastern Uganda where landslides in 2018 killed dozens.
June 19, 2020
Landslides Surviving Children Champion Tree Planting In Water Scarcity Hit Bunambutye Resettlement Camp
By: Javier Silas Omagor Hundreds of people are grappling with acute scarcity of clean and
June 12, 2020
Refugees Turn Human Waste into Cooking Fuel as Alternative to Protect Trees and Combat Climate Change
By Robert Ariaka A group of South Sudanese Refugee women in Arua district is manufacturing
June 11, 2020
Tanzania government plans to roll out small-scale irrigation technology to help farmers deal with climate change
Farmers in Morogoro, Tanzania are feeling the effects of climate change. But the government has rolled out a plan to establish small scale irrigation systems to boost crop production for small-scale farmers in rural areas of the country.
June 4, 2020
የርዋንዳ ወጣቶች የንባያሮንጎ ተፋሰስን ለመንከባከብ በመሪነት ተገኝተዋል
በአማብል ትዋሂርዋ ኪጋሊ፤ እለቱ በደቡባዊ ርዋንዳ በተራራማዋ ወረዳ በንያማጋቤ ሞቃታማ ሰኞ ማለዳ ነው፡፡ ወጣት ወንድና
May 21, 2020
Rwandan youth takes lead in Nyabarongo watershed protection
By Aimable Twahirwa It is a hot Monday morning in Nyamagabe, a mountainous district in
May 21, 2020
Green Horizon food security project raises wellbeing of Jebel Ladu communities while growing crops to appease South Sudan’s hunger crisis
More than 2.5 million hectares of land in South Sudan have been acquired mainly by
May 18, 2020
Yala Swamp Saga: Broken Promises, Idle Land
This story was produced in partnership with InfoNile and Code for Africa with support from the Pulitzer Center. By Geoffrey
April 30, 2020
Land Grabbing and Its Implications for Sudanese – Views from a scholar
By Annika McGinnis and Fredrick Mugira Investors from largely food-insecure Gulf countries are increasingly buying
April 15, 2020