Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center Fellow Dr. Mexan Mapouka is fulfilling his calling to heal others by bringing what he’s learned back to his hometown in the Central African Republic. Dr. Mexan Mapouka once worked to heal others as a young … Continued

In the remote villages of Bugoye sub-county at the foot of Uganda’s Rwenzori Mountains, a rolling landscape stretches across lush river valleys and steep hillsides. It’s the kind of terrain that might make for a beautiful and strenuous weekend hike … Continued

It has been great and fulfilling so far. Before my applied fellowship experience officially started in Zambia (more of this shortly), I dashed to Ghana where I achieved four important objectives: visited family, handed over a brand new clinic to … Continued

When Shekinah Elmore started medical school in 2010, she approached it with a mindset uncharacteristic of most first-year students: To do her best, and if her best wasn’t good enough, then that was okay. “I think the overachiever types who often go … Continued

Scholars from the department of African, African American and diaspora studies and a University Libraries digitization specialist traveled to Senegal and Mali to preserve and digitize 6,000 pages of handwritten Islamic manuscripts. In the summer of 2018, Samba Camara traveled to his … Continued

In a discussion at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, former U.S. Ambassador Mary Yates warned of the dangers of forgetting about the African continent on the world stage. “Our disengagement is noted,” Yates said. “Since 2010, U.S. … Continued

Nine students from across the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been awarded a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study less commonly taught languages during Summer 2022. The Carolina awardees were chosen from a … Continued

Former refugee turns to higher education Ph.D. student Samuel Garang Akau fled his home in South Sudan as an eight-year-old boy during the Second Sudanese Civil War; now, he’s pursuing a Ph.D. in public policy. Many of his family members, including his parents … Continued

New UNC research has found that women in urban Senegal seeking family planning services tend to avoid providers with a bias that would prevent them from acquiring their preferred method of contraception. While many studies have exposed the types of … Continued

Research conducted in Cameroon demonstrates that people living with HIV who are initiating care commonly exhibit symptoms of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). What’s more, their mental health may affect how rapidly these individuals connect to HIV care … Continued