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Uganda

Crime World

A Missionary on Trial

Renée Bach went to Uganda to save children—but many in her care died. Was she responsible?

Ariel Levy New Yorker Apr 2020 40min Permalink

World Movies & TV

Small But Supa Tough

Welcome to Wakaliwood, where a resourceful producer in the slums of Kampala makes action movies like Who Killed Captain Alex? Uganda’s First Action Movie for about $200 apiece.

David Bertrand Hazlitt Apr 2016 15min Permalink

Making a Murderer in Uganda

Kidnapped by rebels when he was 9, Dominic Ongwen grew up to command fighters who slaughtered, raped, and pillaged. Is he guilty of heinous crimes or was he a hostage the whole time?

Michela Wrong Foreign Policy Jan 2016 15min Permalink

World

Two Years After KONY 2012, Has Invisible Children Grown Up?

After a non-profit’s documentary about a central African despot became the most viral video of all time, the founder had a nude nervous breakdown on the streets of San Diego. Now he’s back.

Jessica Testa Buzzfeed Mar 2014 25min Permalink

World

Dr. Matthew's Passion

A profile of a doctor fighting Ebola in Uganda.

Blaine Harden New York Times Magazine Feb 2001 30min Permalink

World Religion

Straight Man's Burden

A Ugandan bill that would threaten homosexuals with imprisonment, or in some cases death, has its roots in the shadowy American evangelical group known as The Family.

Jeff Sharlet Harper's Aug 2010 40min Permalink

World

The Love That Dares

Confronting homophobia in Uganda.

Mac McClelland Mother Jones Jan 2012 Permalink

World

Get Kony

Sam Childers, a Pennsylvania-based evangelical preacher, biker, and former drug addict, has devoted his life to catching crazed African warlord Joseph Kony.

Ian Urbina Vanity Fair Apr 2010 25min Permalink

Politics World

Election

A two-part account of the recent elections in Uganada and the unlikely candidacy of Rabbi Gershom Sizomu Wambedde, the leader of a small community of Ugandan Jews.

  1. Election: Part 1

  2. Election: Part 2

Matthew Fishbane Tablet Mar 2011 30min Permalink

World

Joseph Kony's Long Walk To, and From, Hell

The Ugandan rebel Lord’s Resistance Army, drawn mostly from kidnapped children, has proved as elusive as it is barbaric.

Graeme Wood The National (Abu Dhabi) Apr 2010 15min Permalink