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Tonny Onyulo

GlobalPost
Members of the al-Qaeda-linked militant group al-Shabab surrender to authorities in the north of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, Sept. 24, 2012.

Al-Shabab kidnaps Somali children to fill its ranks. Parents pull kids from school or flee to protect them.

Conflict & Justice

The terrorist group al-Shabab has conscripted children throughout its decade-long insurgency in Somalia, but it escalated its campaign of forcibly recruiting child soldiers in mid-2017.

Maasai women

Tens of thousands of married women in Uganda are secretly undergoing ‘the cut’

South Sudanese refugees wait in line for food in Omugo refugee settlement camp in northern Uganda

Ugandans pose as refugees for food because the drought is so bad

Economics
An asylum-seeker from Uganda covers his face with a paper bag in order to protect his identity as he marches with the LGBT Asylum Support Task Force during the Gay Pride Parade in Boston, Massachusetts, June 8, 2013.

Uganda’s other refugee crisis

Justice
A South Sudanese refugee girl, displaced by fighting, arrives at Imvepi settlement in Arua district, northern Uganda, April 4, 2017.

More South Sudanese children are fleeing their country alone

Conflict
An internally displaced woman from drought-hit area at a makeshift settlement area in Dolow, Somalia, April 4, 2017.

Somalis walk for days searching for food and water while al-Shabab blocks aid

Conflict

Millions of Somalis are in crisis, facing a famine brought on by unforgiving drought and exacerbated by ongoing conflict between the government and militants.

Somali refugees run from the dust at Dadaab's Ifo camp, Jan. 8, 2007.

These young Somalis refuse to go ‘home’ when Kenya closes the world’s largest refugee camp

Conflict

Since the Dadaab refugee camp complex opened 26 years ago, an entire generation has grown up there. For many Somalis born and raised in Dadaab, it’s more than just a camp. It’s home. And Kenya plans to close it in May.

Barack Obama Kogelo

Kenyans in Obama’s ancestral village worry the world will forget them now

Education

Obama’s celebrity attracted important investment and development projects to Kogelo. With Trump coming in, villagers worry the world is about to leave them behind.

Jomo Kenyatta Public Beach

The child sex trade is booming in this Kenyan port city

Economics

The industry has made Kenya one of the world’s hubs for child sex tourism, researchers say, catering especially to Europeans.

‘Mogadishu used to be hell. Now it’s coming back to life’

Agence France-Presse

After years of conflict, basic city services have come back online and residents feel safe.