Meet Lysandra, a Jamaican living in Uganda in East Africa. While there are many similarities between island life in Jamaica and Uganda, there is much to learn too. From similar foods to culture shock, ...

The “Change a Life Uganda” program has brought more than a “sister school” to Ocean City. Designed to aid children in Uganda, the program spurred the “Change a Life Club” at Ocean City Intermediate ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The young men perched on motorcycles looked dazed in the morning heat. But at the sight of a potential passenger, they furiously kick-started their machines and tried to outrace ...

JINJA, Uganda — Simon Tigawalana dreamed for years of doing something about the dirt floors in his small house, blaming them for making his family sick. But in a rural area in one of the world's ...

As a teenager living a semi-cloistered life in rural northwest Montana, James Reeves dreamed of exploring the world. But even in his wildest fantasies, he never imagined he'd one day be sitting in ...

The legislation, which now goes to the president, also calls for life in prison for anyone engaging in gay sex. Policies to stifle L.G.B.T.Q. rights have been on the rise in several African nations.

Months of rummaging in basements, diving in Dumpsters, and pleading for castoffs paid off for a Duke University neurosurgeon and his team of 27 colleagues who flew to Uganda last month to deliver more ...

NAKIVALE, Uganda, March 22 (UNHCR) - Iraguha Nkuriza Ferecian casts carefully measures chemicals into three large metal vats of scummy water from Lake Nakivale, then climbs down a rickety ladder, ...

For many, childhood memories are filled with laughter, innocence, and milestones. For others, they carry lessons forged in hardship and resilience. For Ugandan musician Sheebah Karungi, one memory ...

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Richard Lusimbo, an LGBTQ activist in Uganda, where the president has signed one of the toughest any-gay laws in the world. Uganda has passed one of the world's most ...

Rhinos that were once extinct are now living their life in Uganda, grazing on a ranch. The Ziwa Rhino and Wildlife Ranch was once home to cattle, and now holds about 50 rhinos in order to keep them ...

KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda's president signed one of the world's harshest anti-LGBTQ bills into law Monday morning. The law signed by President Yoweri Museveni calls for life imprisonment for anyone ...