https://www.sophieneiman.com/nyiragongo daily 0.75 2023-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3c190c0a28060001b2676a/1651012215964-2TW1T8EAKI18WNJB38BU/Turning_Lava_to_Gravel_1.JPG After Nyiragongo Women break down volcanic rock into gravel in the hope of earning a few dollars. The My a Mount Nyiragongo eruption left thousands of people homeless. (Sophie Neiman, July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3c190c0a28060001b2676a/1651012215964-2TW1T8EAKI18WNJB38BU/Turning_Lava_to_Gravel_1.JPG After Nyiragongo Women break down volcanic rock into gravel in the hope of earning a few dollars. The My a Mount Nyiragongo eruption left thousands of people homeless. (Sophie Neiman, July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3c190c0a28060001b2676a/1670792368701-PNMXM0CMSV04F0O3PVLG/Women_on_Lava.JPG After Nyiragongo Women break down volcanic rock into gravel in the hope of earning a few dollars. The May 2021 eruption of Mount Nyiragongo in The Democratic Republic of the Congo left thousands of people homeless. But the displaced say aid is slow to arrive amidst a highly politicized response. (Sophie Neiman, July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3c190c0a28060001b2676a/1651012321888-89EVKNN9C16MMSOPDZUP/Buzuri_5.JPG After Nyiragongo 30,000 displaced people living in makeshift camps say that aid promised by the government and humanitarian organizations has been slow to arrive, and is not enough. (Sophie Neiman, July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3c190c0a28060001b2676a/1670793607480-AQZUNNXV9R7M2GVWR1LE/Kibati_Camp.JPG After Nyiragongo Many lives in Congo have been shaped by Mount Nyiragongo, which previously erupted in 1977 and 2022. Janette Mwana’s husband chocked on a cloud of gas in 2022. She lost all of her possessions in the 2021 eruption, and now lives in a tent made of scraps of clothe. “We are starving. 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The heat and smell of sulfur were overpowering on the lava fields, but he intends to build a new home despite the risks. He says he his angry Nyiragongo erupted without warning from the authorities, preventing him from saving precious belongings from the lava. “We couldn’t do anything,” he said. “We were just waiting.” (Sophie Neiman, August 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3c190c0a28060001b2676a/1651012127889-HJT0CX1PWT79V9UJO9F0/Working_on_Lava_Rocks.jpg After Nyiragongo Men shovel gravel made from hardened lava rocks into trucks in the city Goma in an attempt to make a little money. The Mount Nyiragongo eruption destroyed the livelihoods of thousands of people. (Sophie Neiman, July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3c190c0a28060001b2676a/1651077293043-JPYZ4V8PIYIZHDFHH6UP/OVG_in_the_Field_3.JPG After Nyiragongo Volcanologists walk across hardened lava in Goma. They were measuring the width of new fissures that had cracked open in the earth in May. (Sophie Neiman, July 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3c190c0a28060001b2676a/1651012130036-AJ52NTVQYO95VD80BIJ0/Nyiragong_from_Kibati.JPG After Nyiragongo Mount Nyiragono casts an imposing shadow over the city of Goma. (Sophie Neiman, 2021) https://www.sophieneiman.com/bidi-bid daily 0.75 2022-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3c190c0a28060001b2676a/1670834351931-VYXYUGN0KXWR3L4564XU/Rose_Mary_Kute_Lightened.jpg Bidi Bidi Refugees in Uganda are facing increasing hunger and some are considering returning to their home countries as funding shortages force the World Food Programme (WFP) to cut rations for the third time in as many years. Rose Mary Kute, a resident of Bidi Bidi refugee settlement, says she plans to go back to South Sudan because of a lack of services in the camp. 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(Sophie Neiman, Novemeber 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3c190c0a28060001b2676a/1670834758987-KZ2XXOIFPNGCXWOW5HEG/Florina_Akwero_Grinding_Sorghum_1.jpg Bidi Bidi Florina Akwero, 31, was already struggling to feed her five children, but now she has to care for three more relatives who left South Sudan after a recent neighbourhood dispute. “The food I have is not enough, and I don’t know how I will take care of these kids,” Akwero said. (Sophie Neiman, November 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3c190c0a28060001b2676a/1670834541943-0WW84NDB2AWVF617ZS7D/Evening_Market_Bidbidi_1.jpg Bidi Bidi In the past, refugees also could trade part of food given by WFP to vary their diets, or sell it buy other essential items. This is not possible now that rations have been reduced. “It is very hard for them to get something to support themselves,” Esther Sabili, a women’s leader in the camp, said of her fellow refugees. (Sophie Neiman, November, 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3c190c0a28060001b2676a/1670835014164-Z6ENCBV47XJ7C5HZU1B3/Rufus_Bidali_Portrait_1.jpg Bidi Bidi Rufus Bidali has been travelling back and forth between South Sudan and Uganda for the past year in order to supplement food rations with farming. He said rebels stole most of the crops he recently managed to harvest back home. “You just live in fear,” he said, of returning to South Sudan. “At night, you do not sleep well.” (Sophie Neiman, November 2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3c190c0a28060001b2676a/1670835224534-E30GY35KEOBW8GMXHXWW/Margaret_Maridno_Gathering_Firewood_1.jpg Bidi Bidi Margaret Mauridiyo, 25, is responsible for supporting her family of eight. When food rations run out, she sells alcohol brewed from fermented sorghum, and ventures out of Bidi Bidi to collect firewood. One bundle is worth less than a dollar, but it brings in an additional meal for her family. 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Read the full article for Christian Science Monitor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3c190c0a28060001b2676a/a34a99f0-73c3-4131-87e0-49921ae348cf/WPR_Photo.jpg Words - Museveni Is Still Disappearing Uganda’s Opposition Articles about enforced disappearances fill the pages of Ugandan newspapers these days. Most of the victims are young—and many are opposition supporters. Read the full article for World Politics Review. Photo Credit: Associated Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3c190c0a28060001b2676a/5f2ad0f4-8871-4187-b542-8dcb1d501e6d/Goma_Solongo.jpg Words - Rebels took eastern Congo’s largest city. Now they must run it. M23 rebels captured the city of Goma in January. They want to be seen a capable stewards, despite allegations of abuse. 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But a spate of recent attacks has once again demonstrated its capacity to inflict harm on long-suffering communities. Read the full article for The New Humanitarian. Photo Credit: Philip Kleinfeld/TNH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3c190c0a28060001b2676a/12278b35-7406-4d7d-9103-6300a8aa8b86/WPR_Image.jpeg Words - Mozambique’s Bloody Conflict is Spreading Northern Mozambique has been in the grips of a brutal, islamist insurgency for the better part of a decade. Now, the war is spreading with civilians on the frontlines. Read the full article for World Politics Review. Photo Credit: Associated Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3c190c0a28060001b2676a/1606755161201-XJ38VVFX6OC8O3T3GUD5/Magufuli+Website+Picture+.jpg Words - Authoritarianism Wins Big in Tanzania Amid Bloodshed and Vote Rigging Tanzania’s experience points to how a fully empowered autocrat can demolish a country’s constitutional system. Read the full article for the Indypendent. Photo courtesy of the Indypendent https://www.sophieneiman.com/about daily 1.0 2025-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3c190c0a28060001b2676a/5d007061-a9fb-4f33-92d5-a7e868efbdd8/New_Profile_Image.jpeg About https://www.sophieneiman.com/events daily 0.75 2023-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3c190c0a28060001b2676a/32932d1f-9be5-498e-abaf-86ea47d697e6/Student_Protest_Uganda.jpeg Events - “They Don’t Want our Work to Continue”: Activists in Uganda’s Contentious Oil Region What: A lecture at the University of Cambridge Centre for African Studies about human rights and environmental violations connected to the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, and solutions for a better future in the face of global climate change. Where: Centre for African Studies, the University of Cambridge When: January 23, 2023 Attend: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/they-do-not-want-our-work-to-continue-tickets-513140084807 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3c190c0a28060001b2676a/70dab527-e072-4853-a4cf-3ce6ad9cbcac/Women_on_Lava_Goma.jpeg Events - Fireside Chat with Sophie Neiman What: A discussion about the 2021 eruption of Congo’s Mount Nyiragongo, and new opportunities in science and humanitarian reporting. Where: Trinity Hall, the University of Cambridge When: January 24, 2023 Attend: https://alumni.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/neiman-2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3c190c0a28060001b2676a/141f7ccb-a210-45e9-b9f4-911972bc6751/Event_Photo.jpg Events - Humanitarian Journalists: The solution to the world’s under-reported crises What: A panel of journalists, academics and aid workers discussing opportunities and challenges for humanitarian reporting. Where: The Frontline Club, London When: January 30, 2023 Attend:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/humanitarian-journalists-the-solution-to-the-worlds-under-reported-crises-tickets-510774569487 Photo credit: Event photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3c190c0a28060001b2676a/9bec3723-2f39-4239-9c9f-967d4368337f/EACOP+pic.jpg Events - “They Don’t Want our Work to Continue”: Activists in Uganda’s Contentious Oil Region What: A lecture at William & Mary’s Reves Center for International Studies about human rights and environmental violations connected to the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, and solutions for a better future in the face of global climate change. Where: Centre for African Studies, the University of Cambridge When: February 6, 2023 Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNlrzuIeha8 https://www.sophieneiman.com/new-page-1 daily 0.75 2025-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3c190c0a28060001b2676a/4df1ff83-12c4-4574-afb3-c13b784822cf/tempImageNUE1lN.jpg Film - Death in the Park Killing in the name of conservation? Rangers have been accused of using deadly force in Uganda’s wildlife parks. This exclusive investigation explores allegations that rangers have shot and killed dozens of local people in the park, and covered up the evidence. Human rights groups say people are dying due to Uganda’s increasingly militaristic approach to wildlife protection. Death in the Park examines the complex issues that arise when environmental conservation, economic survival, and human rights collide. Watch the full film for Al Jazeera/People and Power.