Indigenous medicine

The Maasai know how to treat malaria with bark. Like many other Indigenous groups, they have immense medical knowledge. However, like the entire Maasai way of life, this knowledge is gradually being lost due to forced resettlement for the sake of profit.

Conflict

Uvira is situated on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in South Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This makes the city and its surroundings an important hub, not only for its immediate neighbours Rwanda and Burundi, but also for Tanzania and Zambia. Given its favourable geographical location, the area should be thriving. The fact that it has instead been the scene of tensions and armed conflicts for ...