Tag: uganda
Uganda Police: 20 dead in Uganda boat accident
KAMPALA: Twenty people died when a boat capsized in Ugandan waters on Lake Victoria on Wednesday morning, police said as rescuers and local residents searched…
Joe Biden slams Uganda anti-gay law, urges repeal
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Monday slammed Uganda‘s draconian new law against homosexuality as a grave human rights violation, and threatened to cut aid…
Uganda: Uganda enacts anti-LGBTQ+ law that includes death penalty
KAMPALA: Uganda‘s President Yoweri Museveni has signed one of the world’s toughest anti-LGBTQ laws, including the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality”, drawing Western condemnations and…
Uganda House passes new version of tough anti-gay bill
KAMPALA: Ugandan lawmakers on Tuesday passed a new version of an anti-gay bill to remove a clause that appeared to criminalise identifying as LGBTQ. President…
Lgbtq: Ugandan LGBTQ activist rallies support for compatriots after anti-gay bill
JOHANNESBURG: DeLovie Kwagala (Papa De), a queer Ugandan photographer and activist, was living in South Africa when the news came that Uganda‘s parliament had passed…
Ugandan: Ugandan LGBTQ activist readies for the fight of his life
KAMPALA: When Frank Mugisha came out two decades ago, being gay in Uganda could be lonely and uncomfortable, but it was rarely a matter of…
Uganda: South African opposition protests Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ bill
PRETORIA: More than 200 protesters in South Africa have demonstrated at the Uganda High Commission against the anti-gay bill recently passed by Ugandan lawmakers. The…
Uganda passes strict anti-homosexuality law, to criminalise those identifying as LGBTQ
KAMPALA: Uganda has passed strict legislation for homosexual relationships in the country which criminalises anyone identifying as LGBTQ, Al Jazeera reported on Wednesday.This law could…