Back in 1950, Kenya’s largest city Nairobi was a sleepy colonial town of about 100,000. But as tens of thousands of people from the country began to move to the city, the Kenyan capital surged.…
Over the past two years, Tanzania's President John Magufuli has led what critics say is a broad assault on human rights, including freedom of expression. His government has suspended the publication of newspapers that criticized…
"Freedom of expression is under pressure in almost every sector of society I can think of." When two researchers from the Committee to Protect Journalists set out on a fact-finding mission to Tanzania last month,…
People in rural parts of Tanzania and other areas of East Africa face a lot of challenges. But life can be particularly difficult for people with albinism. Albinism is a genetic disorder that causes a…
"When you're the only doctor on the ground you can't take a break or even have lunch." [caption id="attachment_8264" align="alignleft" width="200"] Lyndah Kemunto (courtesy)[/caption] Soon after Lyndah Kemunto finished medical school in 2014, she was…
Might your children or grandchildren someday live in a world without rhinoceroses or African elephants? The chances of that are probably higher than you might guess. There are just 350,000 elephants remaining on African savannas,…
Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza's announcement in April that he would seek a third five-year term set off a year of instability in the central African nation that has left hundreds dead and forced a quarter…
