BOCA GRANDE -- A battle is raging in Boca Grande Pass, and it's not just between the anglers and the tarpon. Traditional live bait fishermen have squared off against anglers who use jigs and other ...

A disease whose progression and symptoms seem straight out of a horror movie but which can be treated has killed at least 20 Ugandans and sickened more than 20,000 in just two months. Jiggers, small ...

Twelve-year-old Napilu Patrick said he could no longer walk to his primary school about 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) from his home because jiggers were infecting his feet and causing deep wounds. Apart ...

Ahadi Kenya Trust CEO Dr Stanley Kamau displays his Elder of the Burning Spear recognition. A child whose toe fell off into the water when they were cleaning her feet. A man whose body was so badly ...

Kampala — Many people cannot comprehend how a person can resign his life to a small and seemingly powerless parasite like jiggers the way people in Busoga have done. But as Vicky Wandawa and Esther ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. He tells me he wants to start a museum where people can get to learn more about them, the ...