Ugandan MPs pass bill imposing death penalty for homosexuality
Human rights campaigners condemn bill introducing capital and life imprisonment sentences MPs in Uganda have passed a controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill, which would make homosexual acts...
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LGBTQ+ groups face crackdowns in Uganda as environment turns hostile
Activists fear a systematic ‘witch-hunt’ against sexual minorities by parliament, police and religious conservatives A dramatic surge in attacks on LGBTQ+ people in Uganda has...
Uganda MPs revive hardline anti-LGBTQ bill, calling homosexuality a ‘cancer’
In a country where gay sex is already punishable by life in prison, campaigners have condemned proposed new law as ‘demonisation’ MPs in Uganda have...
Uganda condemned for ‘shameful’ decision to close UN human rights office
Campaigners accuse Museveni regime of evading international scrutiny after shock move to end agreement with OHCHR Rights activists and campaigners have condemned the Ugandan government’s...
‘A great day for the country’: Uganda declares an end to Ebola outbreak
Control measures including lockdowns have halted the spread of the virus after less than four months The Ugandan government has declared an end to its...
Nine killed in New Year’s Eve crush in Ugandan capital
Survivor says pushing began after fireworks outside Freedom City shopping mall in Kampala At least nine people, some of them children, died in a crush...
Renewed fighting in DRC raises fears of chaotic proxy conflict
Conflict has displaced at least 400,000 people since March in a growing humanitarian crisis In the camps on the flanks of the Nyiragongo volcano in...
Health workers among dead in Ugandan Ebola outbreak
MSF calls situation ‘very serious’ as east African country grapples with outbreak of Sudan strain of virus, for which no vaccine exists It seems like...
Ugandan president fires son from military role after ‘capture Nairobi’ tweet
Latest in series of provocative tweets leads to removal of Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba as infantry commander The Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni, has fired his...
Uganda’s suspension of LGBT charity a ‘clear witch hunt’, say campaigners
Country’s government says Sexual Minorities Uganda ‘operating illegally’ in the east African nation The Ugandan government has suspended the country’s leading gay rights organisation, accusing...
