The son of a Ugandan academic of Indian origins and an Indian-American filmmaker, Mamdani was born and spent several years as a child in Uganda's capital Kampala.

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 ...

COLONIE — The poor, desperate children who live on the streets in the slums of Kampala, Uganda, call Diane Reiner "jajja." It's slang for grandmother, or a loving maternal presence. Advertisement ...

In the first of a two-part series, experts warn that without urgent action, drug-resistant infections could cause millions of ...

KAMPALA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The bulldozers came after midnight, sirens wailing. Startled from their sleep, slum-dwellers on the outskirts of Uganda's capital Kampala dashed for safety as ...

KAMPALA, Uganda — Pope Francis arrived in Uganda on Friday on the second leg of his Africa pilgrimage, declaring Africa the “continent of hope” and honoring Uganda’s most-famous Christians. Francis ...

KATWE, Uganda -- Seventeen-year-old Richard Buyinza stared at the chessboard in front of him, plotting what he hoped would be his killer move. Around him in the cramped, dimly lit room, more than a ...

LONDON, July 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The true story of a teenager from a Ugandan slum who transformed her life from corn seller to international chess player is to make its European premiere ...

WOOD RIVER — Jim Folsom believed that he and his family should shorten the space between their words and actions when doing missionary work. “I’m a father of seven and I own a business,” Folsom said. ...

Phiona Mutesi was simply searching for food when she stumbled upon Robert Katende teaching chess in her Uganda village – but what she found was a new life. "I never believed that this time would come, ...