Five new freshwater wells will soon be drilled in rural areas of Uganda, financed by another highly successful Walk4Water in ...

With fewer banks relying on traditional branch networks, digital access points are becoming increasingly critical for reaching underserved communities. The latest initiative is a partnership between ...

Young Ugandans from rural communities are being equipped with entrepreneurship skills and digital literacy through the Asante ...

When Chris Ategeka was 9, his younger brother died while Ategeka was helping to carry him to the nearest hospital — 10 miles from their village in Fort Portal, Uganda. There was no quicker way to get ...

In Uganda, contraceptive uptake in rural areas remains critically low compared to urban centres and national averages. For many women in these communities, using contraception is not merely a health ...

Even in the mountains of rural East Africa, there’s the synagogue you go to and the one you don’t. NABUGOYE, Uganda (JTA) — On Fridays at sundown, the Jewish residents of this village set amid the ...

2003-12-07 04:00:00 PDT Tororo, Uganda-- Bedridden for months and racked with fever, Margaret Achieng this August could feel her life slipping away. AIDS was about to take her, as it had her police ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The youngest who is profiled is only 10 years old. Her name is Jovia Aber, and she works at a quarry on the weekends to pay for school supplies. She wants to be a doctor. The oldest is Akello Olga.

BUSHENYI, Uganda (Reuters) - When Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni returned to his home region to throw an Independence Day party last month, the uniformed security outnumbered the small crowd of ...

WHEN 1st Lt. Victoria Lynn Watson deployed to Uganda for Natural Fire 10, she never imagined using her labor and delivery nursing skills-but she did, twice. When a Ugandan woman, Linda, arrived in ...