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Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

glorialaker@gmail.com

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last contributed to D+C/E+Z in spring of 2020 as a former war reporter, now heading the Peace Journalism Foundation of East Africa. She lives in Uganda. twitter: @GloriaLaker

All articles of Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

Pandemic side-effects
Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

Two daily meals of porridge

Uganda’s poor are struggling with the Covid-19 lockdown

Infrastructure
Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

Destructive biomass demand

Many Ugandans still rely on traditional biomass for energy purposes

Refugees
Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

Earning a living with pottery

To escape poverty, a young refugee started to sell self-made pottery in Uganda and succeeded

Employment
Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

Skills of Congolese refugees

Congolese refugees in Uganda are known for their entrepreneurship

Social work
Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

Four decades of charity

An Italian nun has spent all her life in Uganda helping people in need

Education
Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

Charcoal paying for education

A poor female charcoal-vendor in Uganda managed to send her children to university

Religion
Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

Men of God fighting each other

Tensions are common between the leaders of Uganda’s mushrooming evangelical churches

War reporting
Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

Confidential contacts

In conflict settings, it is difficult to find credible news sources

Employment
Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

Ambitious urban refugees

How two young refugees found livelihoods in urban Uganda

Economy
Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

A new beverage business

In Uganda, rural women engage in production of banana wine

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