Alice McCool, The Guardian

Alice McCool

The Guardian

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  • The Guardian
  • VICE
  • African Arguments
  • Al Jazeera English
  • Okayafrica
  • Huffington Post UK

Past articles by Alice:

Ugandan president calls on Africa to ‘save the world from homosexuality’

Museveni says homosexuality is ‘danger to procreation of human race’ at Entebbe conference hosted by US anti-LGBTQ+ hate group → Read More

‘Grandmothers are our weather app’: new maps and local knowledge power Chad’s climate fightback

Battered by drought and floods, the Sahelian country is on the frontline of the crisis. One woman is fighting back with community-led sustainable solutions → Read More

‘We like the sound of PVC tubing’: Fulu Miziki, the band who make music out of trash

The ‘Afrofuturist’ collective, who make their instruments out of what they find in Kinshasa’s dumps, play Womad this weekend → Read More

Inside tracks: the record label providing hope in a Cameroonian jail

As Jail Time Records releases its fifth single, imprisoned and recently released artists describe how making music has changed their livesPhotographs by Dione Roach → Read More

The Daily Wire Spent Thousands of Dollars Promoting Anti-Amber Heard Propaganda

The conservative media outlet ran Facebook and Instagram ads for stories backing Johnny Depp, an investigation by media non-profit the Citizens for VICE World News found. → Read More

Right back at you: the Ugandan designer returning the west’s cast-offs

Fed up with Africa being a ‘waste disposal system’ for donated clothes, Bobby Kolade decided to refashion items into unique designs and return to sender → Read More

Canadian pipeline groups spend big to pose as Indigenous champions

Oil and gas companies are ‘Indigenous-washing’ their ads to garner support for projects on First Nation lands → Read More

‘A bad dream’: Nepalis who made UK’s PPE speak out on claims of abusive working conditions

Glove manufacturer Supermax has repeatedly won NHS contracts during the pandemic, despite claims of forced labour. Now, a group of former workers are seeking justice → Read More

Tanzania to lift ban on teenage mothers returning to school

Girls to have two years in which to return to school after giving birth, but will still be excluded whilst pregnant → Read More

Major aid donors found to have funded ‘conversion therapy’ clinics in Africa

Investigation finds UK Aid and USAid money linked to centres where ‘condemned’ practice is routinely offered to LGBTQ+ people → Read More

US missionary faces new legal action over child deaths at Uganda health centre

Four families seek damages and apology from Renee Bach, who settled two cases out of court last year → Read More

From naked protests to challenging Museveni: Uganda’s 'rudest feminist' on the campaign trail

Stella Nyanzi is Uganda's most outspoken, self-described radical queer feminist. She has been imprisoned for her activism and is known for her attention-grabbing naked protests and poetry. In an election campaign that has become increasingly violent, Nyanzi is standing to be the elected MP for Kampala, as part of the growing nationwide opposition to the 35-year presidency of Yoweri Museveni.… → Read More

Uganda elections: on the campaign trail with the country’s rudest feminist

From naked protests to spells in prison, Stella Nyanzi has stood up to President Museveni – now she’s standing as an MP → Read More

Uganda to US adoption scam: judges and lawyers sanctioned

Judgment follows Guardian investigation into case of boy who was adopted by American couple without parents’ knowledge → Read More

US missionary accused over Uganda child deaths settles out of court

No liability admitted over deaths of two children at NGO run by Renee Bach and her organisation Serving His Children → Read More

'We were beaten': 20 LGBTQ+ Ugandans file lawsuit over alleged torture

Group arrested during Kampala lockdown and later released allege horrific abuse during the 50 days they were on remand in prison → Read More

Kenya calls for help in fight against rising sexual abuse by foreigners

Anti-trafficking organisations say widespread trust in white outsiders makes children an easy target for abusers from the west → Read More

'I want my kids back': how overseas adoptions splinter Uganda's families

Birth mother’s legal battle to bring back son from US highlights flaws in system that allows children to be taken abroad → Read More

Uganda megachurch criticised for choir tour as children stranded by Covid-19

Watoto church investigated over decision not to pull out as 48 children are among those stuck abroad due to border closures → Read More

Tanzania to ease education ban on pregnant girls – but not in classrooms

Official announcement greeted with cautious optimism but World Bank comes under fire over $500m education loan → Read More