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The Global Press Journal is an award-winning international news publication with more than 40 independent news bureaus across Africa, Asia and Latin America.

  • GMOs in Uganda? Nalwoga Mary picks coffee berries from a tree in her farm in Wakiso, Uganda. Credit: Nakisanze Segawa/GPJ.
    ClimateEconomyGPJKenyaUganda

    “Economic bondage”: E Africa farmers worry over what GMOs might mean

    By Nakisanze Segawa
    May 26, 2023
    While proponents of genetic modification say it can increase yields, researchers point out that Africa already grows enough food.  Outside her brick house in ...
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  • Bruce felt he had no other option but to return to classroom teaching after his job of school principal came with the warning that he may succumb to poisoning by someone envious of his position. Uganda. Credit: Edna Namara/GPJ.
    GPJSocietyUganda

    “The scare is real”: Prominent Ugandans fear poisoning

    By Edna Namara & Apophia Agiresaasi
    November 25, 2022
    More than 1,800 people have died of poisoning here since 2009. Now, school principals and MPs fear accepting food or drinks as threats rise. ...
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  • Zimbabwe education in turmoil
    GPJSocietyZimbabwe

    Zimbabwe’s education was once the envy of Africa. Not anymore

    By Evidence Chenjerai
    November 2, 2022
    Educators during the country’s post-independence golden age wanted for nothing. Today’s teachers say they barely scrape by. It wasn’t just his well-fitted suit, the ...
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  • Chinese illegal mining in the Congo Basin.
    Congo-KinshasaEconomyGPJ

    “I am powerless”: Chinese company mines with impunity in Congo Basin

    By Zita Amwanga
    October 20, 2022
    In January, officials ordered Xiang Jiang Mining to cease operations. Nine months on, the mine is still open and residents are still protesting. Not ...
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  • Mary Phiri prepares a maize porridge, known locally as nshima, at her home in Rufunsa, Zambia, on July 18, 2022. It is her only meal of the day before she takes her antiretroviral medication for HIV. Credit: Prudence Phiri/GPJ.
    GPJSocietyZambia

    Medicine helps their HIV. Hunger makes it hard to take

    By Prudence Phiri
    September 27, 2022
    Poor harvests and pandemic-related hardships mean many Zambians living with HIV aren’t getting proper nutrition, putting them at even greater risk. Mary Phiri walks ...
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  • Amon Kunda polishes a sculpture in his stall at the Sinathankawu arts and crafts market in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Credit: Fortune Moyo/Global Press Journal.
    EconomyGPJZimbabwe

    “Hotels have stolen our business”: Zim crafts vendors fear loss of lifeline

    By Fortune Moyo
    September 8, 2022
    Hotels in Victoria Falls began selling curios directly to visitors during the pandemic. Local vendors fear it will jeopardise their way of life. Inside ...
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  • Middy Amule, a woman trader, jokes with a man while having the bananas she sells transported from Busia, Uganda, to Busia, Kenya.
    EconomyGPJUganda

    “They want a sample”: Women traders’ perilous cross-border journey

    By Edna Namara
    September 2, 2022
    Taking informal routes to bypass checkpoints puts Ugandans at mercy of authorities who demand bribes, steal their wares – and worse. From the town ...
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  • Michelle Maisvoreva says she has struggled with obsessive-compulsive disorder and has attempted to take her own life several times. Credit: Linda Mujuru/Global Press Journal.
    GPJSocietyZimbabwe

    Zimbabwe struggles to provide mental health support amid rising demand

    By Linda Mujuru
    August 17, 2022
    As people abandon traditional beliefs, more are seeking mental health services, overwhelming an already underfunded and understaffed system. When Michelle Maisvoreva was an adolescent, ...
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  • Kakule Sivyaghendera, who has been a primary school teacher for nine years, teaches in Lubero territory, North Kivu, DR Congo. He has never been paid a salary. Credit: Merveille Kavira Luneghe/GPJ.
    Congo-KinshasaGPJSociety

    “I have to work in a field”: 300,000 teachers in DRC going unpaid

    By Merveille Kavira Luneghe
    July 22, 2022
    Since primary education was made free in 2019, there has been a steep rise in both numbers of students and teachers working for nothing. ...
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  • Charity Nyoni, one of the growing number of women in Zimbabwe’s construction industry, tests paint on a board in a Victoria Falls showroom. Credit: Fortune Moyo/Global Press Journal.
    EconomyGPJZimbabwe

    Building houses while knocking down gender barriers in Zimbabwe

    By Fortune Moyo
    July 1, 2022
    The pandemic has accelerated generational shifts as more women join the once male-dominated construction industry. Last year, Charity Nyoni walked by a group of ...
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