A chess academy in Kampala is helping to teach impoverished and disabled children the skills necessary to find work.

A self-taught scented candle maker in Kampala, Uganda's capital, is doing brisk business in the lead-up to Valentine's Day. The former software engineer incorporates dozens of scents into her customized gift candles, some of which have insect repellent qualities.

The residents of the Katanga Slum in Kampala face harsh conditions every day. But some of the women who live there have taken up boxing in their fight against adversity.

A new report has found top political and military officials in South Sudan have profited during the civil war, which has killed tens of thousands of people.

Artists in Uganda's capital are capturing the complicated journeys of migration through abstract art. Al Jazeera's Malcolm Webb went to the international festival in Kampala.