Author: Fredrick Nzwili

A South Sudanese refugee girl with a baby on her back carries a foam mattress to the communal tent where they will sleep, at the Imvepi reception center, where newly arrived refugees are processed before being allocated plots of land in nearby Bidi Bidi refugee settlement, in northern Uganda, on June 9, 2017. The number…

Voters queue to cast their votes at Ziwa la Ng’ombe polling station, in the coastal town of Mombasa, Kenya, on Aug. 8, 2017. Kenyans are going to the polls to vote in a general election after a tightly fought presidential race between incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta and main opposition leader Raila Odinga. (AP Photo) Stringer…

Congolese soldiers arrest civilians protesting against the government’s failure to stop the killings and inter-ethnic tensions in the town of Butembo, North Kivu province in Democratic Republic of Congo, on Aug. 24, 2016. Photo by Kenny Katombe/Reuters Kenny Katombe Congolese soldiers arrest civilians protesting against the government’s failure to stop the killings and inter-ethnic tensions…

Ayub Mohamud, center, teaches a religious education class at Eastleigh High School in Nairobi, Kenya, on March 2, 2016. Mohamud was a nominee for the Global Teacher Prize last year. RNS photo by Fredrick Nzwili Ayub Mohamud, center, teaches a religious education class at Eastleigh High School in Nairobi, Kenya, on March 2, 2016. Mohamud…

(RNS1-JULY 17) The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops was sued by a tenant of their Waumini Building in Westlands, Kenya, who claimed his six-year lease was terminated on religious grounds. RNS photo by Fredrick Nzwili (RNS1-JULY 17) The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops was sued by a tenant of their Waumini Building in Westlands, Kenya,…

This image of bibles reportedly being burned at Pastor Aloysius Bugingo’s church has been circulating on social media. Image courtesy of Twitter This image of bibles reportedly being burned at Pastor Aloysius Bugingo’s church has been circulating on social media. Image courtesy of Twitter

Eunice Wambua, left, and Joel Kimeu wait for cans to fill at well near Mango, Kenya, on March 17, 2017. Wambua says life is much easier for her since the drilling of the well. RNS photo by Fredrick Nzwili Eunice Wambua, left, and Joel Kimeu wait for cans to fill at well near Mango, Kenya,…

A scene from the “Watu Wote” film, based on the militant ambush of a Mandera, Kenya, bus in December 2015. Photo courtesy of Hamberg Media School A scene from the “Watu Wote” film, based on the militant ambush of a Mandera, Kenya, bus in December 2015. Photo courtesy of Hamberg Media School