2019-12-02 Tanzanian Reporter Fights for Free Press After Arrests, Threats
Maxence Melo of Tanzania did not set out to be a journalist. In 2006, he launched a website called Jamii Forums to give young people a place to speak openly…
2019-11-09 Fear in Uganda’s Gay Community after Death Penalty Threat, Arrests
Twenty-one-year-old Shamim Pretty has found shelter in a Kampala safe house for the past three years. Shamim Pretty is not her real name. She told VOA when she was 16…