Migrant Battalion: Uganda – Trafficking station
By Emmanuel Mutaizibwa
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Africa Uncensored
Independent investigative journalism platform producing public-interest reporting, documentaries and accountability journalism.
Migrant Battalion: Malawi – Sixteen Unseen Girls
By Josephine Chinele
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Up In Smoke
Ten years ago, Owino Uhuru, an informal settlement in Mombasa, shocked the world when residents were found to be dying from lead poisoning, with both national and county governments fully aware. After a long legal battle, the court awarded…
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Migrant Battalion: Great Lakes – Caught in the snow
By Samuel Baker BYANSI
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Migrant Battalion: Cameroon – Looking for Oceanne
By Elizabeth BanyiTabi
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Migrant Battalion: How African governments collude with Russia to recruit young women into its arms industry
Young Africans recruited from at least fifteen African countries were promised good salaries and skills training, but once there, they were often trapped, facing dangerous working conditions, strict surveillance, and difficulties returning…
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Fuelling the AGI hype: The Recruitment Playbook to land Big Tech contracts
By Marché Arends and Kathryn Cleary This investigation was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Artificial Intelligence Accountability Network On the surface, the South African job market looks busy; scrolling through jobs on LinkedIn…
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Mind Your Language: Kenya, Swing States, and the West’s “New World Order” Playbook
By Uri Ludger There was a thorough security check at the entrance to the University of Nairobi’s Taifa Hall that morning. Pretty standard for an event of this magnitude, I suppose. Still, something about the unforgiving rummaging through…
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South Africa’s Land Reform Stalemate: Policy Gaps, Elite Capture, and the Fight for Equity
By Mkhululi Chimoio Three decades after the transition to democracy, South Africa’s land reform process remains a central but contentious issue, a reminder of deep rooted Apartheid-era policies and the inequalities that these policies…
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Blood Beans: The illicit cocoa trade fuelling violence at the DR Congo–Uganda border
In this investigation, Ukweli Coalition Media Hub, an investigative platform specialising in the Great Lakes region, in partnership with Afrique XXI and Africa Uncensored, has uncovered a vast cocoa bean trafficking network between eastern…
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Detained and Indebted: How World Bank Funding for Kenyan Healthcare Failed the Patients It Was Meant to Help
A surge in private equity funding for hospitals left a trail of crushing debts, patient detentions and broken promises. By Ben Dooley and Micah Reddy This story was produced in partnership with the International Consortium of Investigative…
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Kenya’s police still kill with impunity. What needs to be done to stop them?
Days ahead of the first anniversary in Kenya of the Gen Z-led anti-government protests that resulted in at least 60 deaths and displays of police brutality, news broke that Albert Ojwang, a young Kenyan blogger, had died in police…
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The Teacher and the System – The Story Behind the Story
By Christine Mungai How the Investigation Began I came to this story not just as a journalist, but as an alumna of Alliance Girls High School, deeply connected to its community and history. With over fifteen years of experience in…
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Cows, Carbon and Conflict: The Uneasy Coexistence of Climate Projects and Community Rights in Northern Kenya
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center Rainforest Reporting Grant. In Kenya’s rugged north, where the effects of climate change are vivid and dire, Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT), an organization developing sustainable community…
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From Burundi to Saudi Arabia: The Booming Business of Human Trafficking
In the last few years, at least 17,000 Burundian women have officially set off for Riyadh in search of a better life. Although Burundi and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement in 2021 that is supposed to regulate this activity, female workers…
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Torture and Forced Disappearances: Inside Wagner’s Secret Prisons in Mali
Since arriving in Mali in 2021, Russian Wagner mercenaries have abducted and detained hundreds of civilians in former UN bases and military camps shared with the Malian army. Our investigation, as part of the Viktoriia project, reveals…
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Conflict of Interest: The Insider Deals and Offshore Companies Behind Kenya’s High Energy Costs, Part 2
The first part of this story exposed a conflict of interest in the ownership of Triumph Power Generating Company, an IPP supplying electricity to Kenya Power. In this second part, through expert analysis and an insider interview, we…
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Killed Over Someone Else’s Post? Albert Ojwang’s Digital Footprints Challenge Police Narrative
Speaking in the Senate while under oath, Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja claimed that Albert Ojwang’ had been arrested for publishing a defamatory post on X in violation of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act. However, an…
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Invisible Chains: How Gender Roles Fuel Gender-based Violence in Kenya
By Nelly Madegwa Gender-based violence (GBV) in Kenya is not just a crisis of individual acts; it is deeply rooted in the rigid and unequal gender roles that shape societal norms and perpetuate inequality. Statistics paint a grim picture,…
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Carbon Credits: A Climate Financing Solution for Kenya?
By Nelly Madegwa In Kenya’s third National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP III) to reduce greenhouse gases and adjust to the impacts of current or expected climate change, the country pledged to establish domestic legislation and an…
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The Role of Trade Unions in Kenya’s Struggle for Social and Economic Justice
By Rose Tunguru Kenya is witnessing a wave of change. Long accustomed to preserving the status quo, many have found themselves face-to-face with a new generation of youth who are disenfranchised, unemployed, or underemployed, despite being…
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SADC vs. EAC: Who is ahead in the regional integration league?
By Mkhululi Chimoio With the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) picking up momentum, there is a race to implement a free trade area that would drive Africa’s economic growth, connecting the continent and further accelerating…
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Carbon Credits in the Congo: The Cost of Capture, Part 2
Listen to an audio version of this story here or in the player above. PART TWO: A Trump-like businessman and his brothers cash in on DRC’s Resources By Linda Ngari This article is the second of a two-part investigative series produced with…
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