Connie Frisbee Houde, of Albany, president of Jajja's Kids, visits with young boys who live in a home in Kampala, Uganda purchased through local donations in 2019. Diane Reiner, of Troy, a retired ...

Megan Walrod, volunteering with Girl Up Initiative Uganda, walks with Amanicia Spencer (left) and Namboowa Viola of Kampala, Uganda. Her six-month experience in 2017 helping to empower young women and ...

KATWE, Uganda (AP) — In a two-room shack in the heart of a Kampala slum, a barefoot 5-year-old boy is being taught how to move his pawns. He is one of scores of Ugandan children following in the ...

Kampala’s urban landscape reflects systemic development failure, contrasting with Kigali’s long-term vision and effective ...

The Ghetto Kids group is comprised of children from Kampala’s slums. The organization uses music, dance and drama to help meet disadvantaged children and orphans’ basic needs, including attaining a ...

Ugandan police used rubber bullets, live rounds and tear gas to break up a protest by supporters of opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine after he was arrested on Tuesday following the filing of ...

Meet the young woman who inspired the new Disney film "Queen of Katwe." — -- The first time Phiona Mutesi, 20, saw people playing chess, she thought it was people gambling. “I'd never seen it in ...

“You have to fight if you want to survive.” These were the words of 33-year-old Hellen Baleke, a Ugandan woman who is determined to make a difference, according to CNN. Growing up in one of the ...

Based on a popular ESPN magazine article selected by Dave Eggers for The Best American Nonrequired Reading and a finalist for a National Magazine Award, the inspiring true story of Phiona Mutesi, a ...

A brick wall at a partly constructed church in Uganda’s capital collapsed onto the congregation Wednesday during an evening thunderstorm, killing at least 27 people and injuring dozens more, ...