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On the Trail: Young Women in India’s Assam State Vie for Seats in Local Politics

3 weeks ago | globalpressjournal.com | Angana Chakrabarti |GPJ India

CHAMARIA, INDIA — It was village council election season in India’s northeastern state of Assam, and nearly 60,000 people vied for over 21,000 seats. In a country where political ideology often hinges on religion, voters in at least one Anchalik Panchayat (block-level) race, in Kamrup District, showed that when they cast ballots, there’s a lot more at stake. Assam’s population is roughly 34% Muslim, though by some counts it’s as much as 40%, and growing fast.
In Mineral-Rich DRC, Widespread Poverty Is Driving Children to Work in, Near Mines

2 months ago | globalpressjournal.com | Noella Nyirabihogo |Gjp Drc

RUBAYA, MASISI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO — Dry mountains crown this mining region. They appear barren from the outside, but inside they are abundantly endowed with some of the world’s most precious resources. Here, much of the world’s deposits of coltan, used in modern electronics, and cassiterite, the main ore of tin, await excavation by tiny hands.
Uganda’s Military Took Over Public-Sector Construction. Private Contractors Are Reeling.

Jan 20, 2025 | globalpressjournal.com | Nakisanze Segawa |GPJ Uganda

KAMPALA, UGANDA — In 2021, the Ugandan government announced a policy that the military would take on all new government-funded construction projects in the health and education sectors. In the years since, the scope of the directive has unofficially widened to include most public-sector projects, and private contractors say they’re struggling to maintain their businesses. There’s growing concern that the directive is the latest in a series of moves to consolidate and centralize power.
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Dec 9, 2024 | globalpressjournal.com | Sunita Neupane |Thayalini Indrakularasa |Odonchimeg Batsukh |Amrita Jaisi

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Regulation or Discrimination? Uganda’s Proposed IVF Law Could Be Both.

Nov 13, 2024 | globalpressjournal.com | Nakisanze Segawa

WAKISO, UGANDA — A little more than a year after Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed one of the world’s harshest LGBTQ+ laws, another bill under parliamentary review has reignited concerns over the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and other sexual and gender minorities in the country — as well as single parents.
In Zambia, Woman Fishes for Small Fry

Nov 1, 2024 | globalpressjournal.com | Prudence Phiri

Connections Zambia, Africa Charity Silumesi fishes along the bank of the Luena River in Kaoma, Zambia. Silumesi says there are only small fish in the river, and catching them further depletes the fish stock. See all Connected Photos
Zambia Offers Health Care to Zimbabweans — but for How Long?

Oct 23, 2024 | globalpressjournal.com

Zambia is as generous with patients from neighboring Zimbabwe as it is with its own citizens. That could mean problems for both countries.
Sportswear Store Hosts Free Fitness Class in Zimbabwe

Oct 15, 2024 | globalpressjournal.com | Kudzai Mazvarirwofa

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They Needed Money Fast. They Got It - Only to Lose Everything.

Aug 31, 2024 | globalpressjournal.com | Apophia Agiresaasi |GPJ Uganda

WAKISO, UGANDA — Fredrick Nathan Rubahimbya needed money. It was June 2019 and his daughter’s final university exams started in a week. He needed to pay 800,000 Ugandan shillings (215 United States dollars) in fees so she would be allowed to take them. He tried to borrow from relatives and friends, but nobody had the money. He contacted a local microfinance institution, but they said it would be a two- to three-week process, he says. “I wanted money immediately.
Charcoal Ban Drives Up Prices in Uganda, Putting Small Businesses in a Bind

Aug 14, 2024 | globalpressjournal.com | Edna Namara |GPJ Uganda

KAMPALA, UGANDA — Gertrude Arineitwe spreads out her green polythene bag at the charcoal shelter. The charcoal seller, a woman from whom Arineitwe has bought charcoal for the past four years and who has become a friend, empties a spadeful of charcoal into the bag. Black dust wafts in the air. Soot-colored pieces fall into the bag, clanging as they land. Arineitwe watches, waiting for the seller to add more. But she doesn’t. She’s done — and the bag is only half full.