JINJA, Uganda — Simon Tigawalana dreamed for years of doing something about the dirt floors in his small house, blaming them for making his family sick. But in a rural area in one of the world’s ...

Stephanie Hirmer, a PhD student from the Department of Engineering's Centre for Sustainable Development, is investigating the value-perception of the users of rural electrification projects in Uganda.

Chia seed farming has proved a niche in which women can gain financial and personal empowerment – but they need help. “If you have business and you have your own money you don’t suffer in your life. I ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

LIRA, Uganda (AP) — The bicycle parked in Lucy Abalo’s compound doesn’t belong to her. Any one of the hundreds of people in her village can show up and ask to use it. A man might wish to take his ...

In Uganda, contraceptive uptake in rural areas remains critically low compared to urban centres and national averages. For many women in these communities, using contraception is not merely a health ...

Even in the mountains of rural East Africa, there’s the synagogue you go to and the one you don’t. NABUGOYE, Uganda (JTA) — On Fridays at sundown, the Jewish residents of this village set amid the ...

Right now, Uganda is experiencing a digital revolution. As internet penetration steadily rises, so does the use of e-commerce, online government services, mobile banking and payment platforms. However ...

Uganda’s language policy requires that rural schools should choose a dominant local language to use as the language of learning and teaching for the first three years of primary school while English ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Throughout Uganda, poor rural communities continue to grapple with the challenges that stand in the way of improving the standards of the required sanitation and hygiene in their households. A basic ...