At least 41 people dead after IS-linked attack on Uganda school
Militants believed to be Allied Democratic Forces abducted others in attack on secondary school in Mpondwe Militants linked to Islamic State reportedly killed at least...
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Justin Welby criticises Ugandan church’s backing for anti-gay law
Archbishop of Canterbury expresses dismay over church’s support for Ugandan law enacted last month The archbishop of Canterbury has urged the Anglican church in Uganda...
Uganda says 54 African Union peacekeepers killed in Somalia attack
Al-Shabaab militants claimed responsibility for dawn attack on 26 May At least 54 African Union peacekeepers were killed when militants attacked a base housing Ugandan...
US may restrict visas for Ugandan officials in wake of anti-LGBTQ+ laws
Antony Blinken says he’s looking to ‘promote accountability’ for Ugandan officials who have violated rights of LGBTQ+ people The US may restrict visas issued to...
Ugandan president signs anti-LGBTQ+ law with death penalty for same-sex acts
Global outcry over Museveni’s assent to draconian new anti-gay law, condemned as a ‘permission slip for hate and dehumanisation’ Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, has signed...
Weather tracker: flash floods and landslides hit parts of east Africa
Many reported dead in Rwanda and Uganda, as heavy rain also devastates western regions of continent May is the end of the rainy season for...
Colonialism and controversial guests inform Africa’s reaction to Charles’s coronation
While some paid tribute to the British monarch, the presence in London of certain guests proved less than welcome In South Africa, as across the...
Uganda’s parliament passes mostly unchanged anti-LGBTQ bill
Bill retains harshest measures of legislation adopted in March, including death penalty for certain same-sex acts Uganda’s parliament has passed a mostly unchanged version of...
Uganda’s president refuses to sign new hardline anti-gay bill
Yoweri Museveni sends bill imposing death penalty for homosexuality back to parliament for unspecified changes Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, has refused to sign into law...
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 The Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni, has...
