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Powering the ‘Ghost Town’ of Rusinga Island: Fishermen in Lake Victoria, Kenya take action on climate change

October 25, 2021

PHOTOSTORY by Anthony Ochieng / TonyWild Growing up in Rusinga Island, Kenya, my family and I enjoyed the majestic views of the enormous Lake Victoria, called

SINKING LAND

October 25, 2021

Watsemba Miriam Sinking Land explores the bittersweet relationship between man and water for the people living at Ripon landing site, which is the closest site

Elusive commodity: Documenting the pain communities in Goma, DR Congo go through to take water home

October 25, 2021

Guerchom Ndebo, September 24, 2021 Just like what happened in 2002, when the Mount Nyiragongo in North Kivu province of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Amidst covid19 pandemic, solar energy transforms Uganda’s off-grid healthcare

October 1, 2021

Fredrick Mugira , September 30, 2021 In addition to struggling with the second Covid19 wave challenges, like most urban dwellers in Uganda who rushed to villages

Fishing exports from Lake Yirol, South Sudan decline after Covid-19 lockdown

September 10, 2021

By Denis Morris Mimbugbe Closure of Sudan borders has stopped fishermen from exporting fresh fish to their neighboring states. The lake and its fishing industry

In South Sudan, people living near water still lack clean water and sanitation

September 9, 2021

By Denis Morris Mimbugbe An entire village drinks water from the river ponds in South Sudan 83 percent of assessed settlements not using latrines 11

South Sudan’s plans for conservation, as the country feels the impact of climate change

September 9, 2021

By Denis Morris South Sudan faces a lack of water during the dry season and too much water during the wet season that sometimes causes

Egyptian villagers purify their drinking water

September 9, 2021

By Rawnaa Al-Masry Village water purification stations built to reduce waterborne diseases provide an existing solution for communities in Menoufia governorate in the fight against

Big Gorilla Story

Big Gorilla Story is a project of Water Journalists Africa dedicated to conservation of the endangered mountain Gorillas and their tropical forest habitats in Uganda, Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo through Journalism. It brings together conservation journalists in the three countries that are members of Water Journalists Africa. Through these short newsy video stories, we want to inform, educate and inspire a passion for conservation in people to protect the endangered mountain Gorillas and the rainforests they live in.