The 2025 edition of the PRAU Run attracted leading corporate organisations in Kampala, promoting a healthy lifestyle through physical activity and encouraging participants to embrace fitness not just for leisure but for overall well-being. Organised by the Public Relations Association of Uganda (PRAU), the 5-kilometre run kicked off from Sideline Bar and Restaurant (Lugogo Indoor…
China has set out to lead the construction of the world’s most comprehensive space weather monitoring and warning network, an ambitious ground-based system comprising the largest chain of observatories on Earth, passing through more than 10 countries and regions. The International Meridian Circle Programme (IMCP) is aimed at building a matrix of surveillance stations to…
The Trump administration’s decision over the weekend to revoke visas for all South Sudanese passport holders has added to the mounting political and humanitarian challenges of a country on the brink of civil war, officials and observers said on Monday. Tensions between the two political leaders of South Sudan have escalated in recent weeks, especially…
South Sudan’s Vice President Riek Machar has been arrested, according to his party, amid escalating tensions in the world’s youngest country that the United Nations warned could blow up a fragile peace deal and has pushed the country back to the brink of civil war. Mr. Machar was detained late on Wednesday by the National…
The world’s youngest nation faces the threat of war yet again. This month, a United Nations helicopter was attacked during an evacuation mission in a remote area in South Sudan, with one member of its crew killed and two others seriously injured. The flight was rescuing wounded government soldiers who had clashed with an armed…
In most countries, working as a housekeeper or nanny is a relatively safe profession. Yet as we traveled across Kenya and Uganda, from crowded and poor urban neighborhoods to far-flung farming villages, we heard many variations on the same horror story: Young, healthy women set off for domestic jobs in Saudi Arabia, only to return…
Feith Shimila Murunga says her boss groped, beat and raped her. Mary Wanjiru Nyambura says she was thrown from a balcony. Winfridah Kwamboka never even made it back home. East African leaders and Saudi royals are among those profiting off a lucrative, deadly trade in domestic workers. By Abdi Latif Dahir and Justin Scheck Photographs…
In the weeks since President Trump signed an executive order dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development, Andrea Minaj Casablanca’s phone has been inundated with desperate pleas for help. A counselor who works with nonprofits catering to members of Uganda’s embattled L.G.B.T.Q. population, she has fielded urgent requests from people seeking H.I.V. medications, therapy sessions…
Simon Willis said he was trying to instil a “ruthless” culture in Hong Kong cricket, after his team crushed Uganda by 68 runs to win their tri-series on Sunday despite playing at “70 per cent”. Opener Anshuman Rath’s exquisite 107 laid the platform for Hong Kong’s innings of 234, but coach Willis said after the…
Edutainment is powerful. Nollywood proves we can use edutainment for behavior change. Yet we don’t often use multi-channel communication to empower audiences with the knowledge and agency to take action. Edutainment through Radio in South Sudan When I was working with BBC Media Action in South Sudan we did formative research to see how we…