Tonny Onyulo
GlobalPost
Tens of thousands of married women in Uganda are secretly undergoing 'the cut'
Gladys Chemtai, 27, says she felt relief after having the procedure better known as female genital mutilation (FGM) because it gives her standing in her village.
Al-Shabab kidnaps Somali children to fill its ranks. Parents pull kids from school or flee to protect them.
Ugandans pose as refugees for food because the drought is so bad
More South Sudanese children are fleeing their country alone
Somalis walk for days searching for food and water while al-Shabab blocks aid
Millions of Somalis are in crisis, facing a famine brought on by unforgiving drought and exacerbated by ongoing conflict between the government and militants.
These young Somalis refuse to go 'home' when Kenya closes the world's largest refugee camp
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.
Kenyans in Obama's ancestral village worry the world will forget them now
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.
The child sex trade is booming in this Kenyan port city
The industry has made Kenya one of the world's hubs for child sex tourism, researchers say, catering especially to Europeans.
The job market for terror recruits is booming
And the competition for their membership is fiercer than ever.
Somalis used to flee to Yemen to escape war. Now it's the other way around
'We prefer being in Somalia than Yemen, because we hope that aid workers might come to our rescue before we die.'
'Mogadishu used to be hell. Now it's coming back to life'
After years of conflict, basic city services have come back online and residents feel safe.