Noella Nyirabihogo

Oct 29, 2024 | worldcrunch.com | Georgia Recount |Apophia Agiresaasi |Nakisanze Segawa |Noella Nyirabihogo

Society Esther Mwema plays with her two children, Dina Asifiwe, left, and Madina Tumusifu, outside their tent at a camp for displaced people in Munigi. Society Esther Mwema plays with her two children, Dina Asifiwe, left, and Madina Tumusifu, outside their tent at a camp for displaced people in Munigi.

Aug 30, 2024 | allafrica.com | Apophia Agiresaasi |Nakisanze Segawa |Noella Nyirabihogo

Munigi, Democratic Republic of Congo — Health officials in Uganda told Global Press Journal to ignore information provided by health workers at the border. Esther Mwema assumed her 4-year-old son had chicken pox. He was lucky enough to get a medical exam at this camp for displaced people, where many families live in tents and even clean water is at a premium. But the diagnosis was something else: mpox, a virus that's sweeping through eastern DRC, into Uganda and beyond.

Mar 25, 2024 | allafrica.com | Noella Nyirabihogo

Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo — Hundreds of thousands of people have fled violence in eastern DRC and crowded into camps that fail to meet their basic needs. Here, residents wait in long lines for limited water and must make every drop count. Clémence Fazili, 31, a mother of three, gave birth to her youngest, a boy, at the end of February. After delivering her older children, who are now 4 and 6, she avoided carrying heavy loads for at least two months.

Mar 19, 2024 | theeastafrican.co.ke | Noella Nyirabihogo

Near the green savannah of Virunga National Park, at the foot of the Nyiragongo volcano, stand hundreds of white tarp huts. The huts, built by internally displaced persons that fled the M23 war, are home to about 5,000 people. Young trees, easy to bend, are most often used in their construction. Each hut requires 15 to 18 trees and is then covered with a tarp donated by the United Nations Children’s Fund. A few nails are hammered in and the structure is ready for occupation.

Mar 7, 2024 | allafrica.com | Noella Nyirabihogo

Despite a 2022 law that protects indigenous land rights, displacements in the name of conservation continue in the DRC. Until June 2022, Biranda spent most of his days surrounded by the whispers of trees. He was born and raised inside Virunga National Park and, for most of his life, has found little need to venture into the outside world. "The atmosphere [is] so good," says Biranda, who requested to be identified only by his surname for fear of retribution.