Diaspora
What’s Going On in Uganda & The Diaspora?
Ugandans Abroad gets the diaspora up to date, and shares images from home. »
Ugandan Rabbi Hailed As Visionary
Mbale's Rabbi Gershom Sizomu toured the U.S. recently, hoping to raise the issue of diversity within the international Jewish community, and to raise money for an interfaith Ugandan medical clinic. »
Refugee Life On the Egyptian Border
Each day is a struggle for sub-saharan African refugees in humanitarian limbo on the Egyptian border with Libya. 724 refugees share two toilets and live in a crowded shantytown in the desert. They say they have little access to medicine, diapers, and other essentials. »
Where Can You Find A Date With An African? New York
‘Date My Afriend,’ is a match-making event pioneered by Nigerian-born New Yorker, Vincent Nwachukwu, also known as ‘Spyon Vincent’ that strives to bring single Africans and non-Africans to meet, socialize and network, and hopefully walk away with a date or ‘that special someone.’ »
Ugandan Teen in New York Fundraises For Mbarara Kids
A New York student organization, founded by a Ugandan teen in the diaspora, held a fundraiser to support children at a primary school in Mbarara. »
Rwandan women talk about rebuilding & business
Women continue to play an integral role in post-genocide rebuilding efforts. »
Ugandan Students In Egypt Call For Help Amid Campus Insecurity
Ugandan students on non-governmental scholarships in Egypt recently launched a letter-writing campaign to plead for assistance from the Ugandan government to cope with insecurity in Cairo. Students are scared of future unrest in the country, and anxious over recent robberies and attacks that have taken place on campus. »
Ugandan Playwright Honored In Paris
UNESCO honored Ugandan playwright Dr. Jessica Kaahwa by selecting her as the author for World Theater Day. Ugandans and other friends in the African diaspora gathered at the UNESCO House in Paris for a special evening of African theater. »
Black African Migrants Face Brutal Choices in Libya
African migrants are living in horrific makeshift camps near the Tripoli airport. Some have reported burying their babies in the desert that died on the trek to Tunisia. African governments have tried to evacuate their nationals. Kenya evacuated 150 Kenyans, Ugandan, Rwandans, and others. Soldiers are robbing sub-Sarahan Africans, trying... »
Ugandan Students Stranded in Egypt Call For Help
Students with scholarships from the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council have had to fend for themselves in Egypt, despite attacks by rioters with sticks and machetes. Ugandans Abroad reports the story from students in the diaspora, who are still waiting to be evacuated. »
