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Amida: Graveyard for Innocent People

by Kunle Awosiyan in Kampala

Three times she was captured and released, yet the horror of her sojourns in the custody of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) continued to disturb her. Full story

Young Ugandans Choose AIDS over Pregancy

by Shirley Asiedu-Addo in Kampala

Esther Kasirye Kisekka has been a nurse for 11 years and an HIV/AIDS counselor for the last three years in Kampala. She has seen a lot of shocking things. Full story

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Uganda Interest Rate: Traders May Lose Property to Bank

by Kunle Awosiyan in Kampala

Many small- and medium-scale traders may lose their property to banks in Uganda if the government fails to address the issue of interest rate now. Full story

Joy in a Foreign Land: Doing Business in Uganda

by Francis Ayieko in Kampala

When last year Vimal Shah said that Uganda was getting more attention from Kenyan firms, he definitely didn’t have in mind people like Fred Karanja. Full story

Ruganda

Immaculate's Celebration

by Patrick Njoroge in Kampala

David Ruganda has never felt more pride and admiration for the elder sister. The 23 year-old sales executive, who hails from Tororo district, in eastern Uganda, abandoned daily duty to witness the graduation ceremony of Immaculate Ruganda at Makerere University, in Kampala city. Full story

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Cords of Kindness, Ropes of Hope: A profile of Emmanuel Adeniyi

by Folashade Adebayo in Kampala

A simple act of help did both the giver and the receiver a world of good. Emmanuel Adeniyi, a Nigerian journalist, might never know just how much difference he has made in the life of Tuli De Gita, a statistician from South Africa. Full story

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Nigerian Crisis

by Mindy Belz in Kampala, Uganda

Six Nigerian journalists make their way to Uganda despite a nationwide strike in their home country threatening air travel. Full story

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WJI Heads to Africa

by WJI staff

Eighteen African Christian journalists have gathered in Uganda, for the first World Journalism Institute Workshop for Christian journalists on African soil, held January 15-27, 2012. Full story

Maria-Regina Namyalo

University Education Unlocks Doors in East Africa

by Moses Wasamu in Kampala

Education can unlock doors that no other entity can. This is what many people have discovered in the East African region. Full story

Uganda military

Uganda's Great Wall of Security

by Jonathan Gandari in Kampala

“For God and my Country,” signed Maj. Gen Kale Kayihura, inspector general of police, in the 2011 document, Uganda Police Force Sector Strategic Plan. Journalists attending events at Makerere University on Jan. 19 had an opportunity to learn how Kayihura’s men and women serve God and Uganda. Full story

Mbeki

Poised for Explosive Growth

by Francis Ayieko in Kampala

Dressed in a black and white gown and putting on a black tassel, Simon Kajimo walks around with measured steps and a broad smile. Like many others dressed like him on this January morning, Kajimo, 32, is headed to the Makerere University graduation square in downtown Kampala for one of the biggest days of his life. Full story

Agbada holds its own in Nigeria

by Dennis D. Muhumuza

The finest fashion designs from the West, especially tuxedos and other suits, have infiltrated Africa and taken the place of previously respected traditional garments. But in Africa’s most populous country with a population of over 150 million people, agbada has refused to back down, and remains a status symbol especially among the Yoruba people of western Nigeria. Full story

Awosiyan

The Two Conversions of Kunle Awosiyan

by Dennis D. Muhumuza in Kampala

The story of Kunle Awosiyan is close to the fairly tale of the “ugly duckling” except that he found his true identity in journalism whereas the former found it by looking at his reflection in the water. Full story

Namirembe

Searching for a Way Out

by Folashade Adebayo in Kampala

As high unemployment stares many graduates in the face, some are looking for ways to beat it. Full story

Case

Blog: Case in Point

by Robert Case, WJI Director

Robert Case writes on the intersection of Christianity and journalism. Full story

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