Cap-Haitian, Haiti-When armed men invaded the Port-au-Prince district of Carrefour Leaves in August 2023, hundreds of families had no choice but to flee. “They set fire to my house; We couldn’t save anything, ”explains Ruth, a 28-year-old man who was part of the exodus and now lives in Cap-Haitian. “They looted and burned houses,” said … Read more
Mbarara, Uganda – The first time Robert rose to the campus of the Mbarara University of Sciences and Technology, he thought he entered the rooms of a prestigious institution that had formed some of the best doctors in the country. The university is the second oldest public university of Uganda after the University of Makerere, … Read more
Kampala, Uganda – In January, Eron Kiza, a human rights lawyer, represented the opposition chief and quadruple presidential candidate Kizza Besigye at the military court. The soldiers blocked his entry and ordered him to sit in a different section. Kiza refused. They withdrew him with force and a few minutes later, he was arrested and … Read more
Harare, Zimbabwe – The University of Zimbabwe’s University, the oldest and most prestigious university in the country, have been dismissed. Their wages, eroded by inflation and the devaluation of money, could no longer cover their basic needs, they said. It was in April, and there is not yet a sign that they will return to … Read more
Mumbai, India – During an unusually hot March evening, a fire broke out at the house of the High Court of Delhi, Yashwant Varma. The firefighters rushed. As they came out, two released their phones to record half -burned cash bundles. The news channels disseminated images of liquidity strewn in the house, speculating that it … Read more
Kampala, Uganda – The leading party of Uganda, the national resistance movement, is trying to prevent potential political candidates from presenting themselves as an independent. In April, he made a requirement for budding candidates to sign commitments promising that they will not present themselves as independents if they lose festive primaries which take place this … Read more
Ashulia, Bangladesh – Lima Akter, 28, first sold his television. Then his phone, then his refrigerator. Now she plans to sell her sewing machine. After working in the clothing industry for 12 years, she has been unemployed – and has been since August. Last year, the clothing workers – and many other Bangladais – protested … Read more
Kampala, Uganda – He was around 9 a.m. when Mwesigwa Masagazi heard what he thought was shots. He was at work one day of January this year, building a water drain in a village near his home. A few minutes later, a friend called him. “Ivan is dead,” said the appellant. Masagazi thought it was … Read more
Harare, Zimbabwe – In 2023, Peter, a truck driver, approached a border control point between Zimbabwe and Mozambique. He had little reason to question what was in the sealed container of his truck – he had already transported expeditions to this company belonging to Chinese. “We thought everything was in order,” he says. But rather … Read more
Lubero, Democratic Republic of Congo – In February, Stino Muhindo Sivyaghendera turned on a match and held him in the grass in the field of eucalyptus that he had planted three years earlier. During the previous months, the army had installed a position there and had left fatal ammunition behind. He had heard of two … Read more