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Why Indian-origin industrialist Pankaj Oswal's daughter Vasundhara is arrested in Uganda
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Pankaj Oswal Daughter: Why Indian-origin industrialist Pankaj Oswal’s daughter is arrested in Uganda | World News

Why Indian-origin industrialist Pankaj Oswal’s daughter is arrested in Uganda (Picture credit: Instagram/@vasundharaoswal) Pankaj Oswal, a renowned industrialist of Indian origin, has filed an appeal…

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Telangana engineer shot dead in Uganda
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Tragic Shooting: Indian Engineer Killed by Soldier in Uganda | Hyderabad News

HYDERABAD: A 41-year-old engineer from Jangaon in Telangana was shot dead at his workplace in Uganda on Friday by a soldier on security duty, who…

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Uganda Police: 20 dead in Uganda boat accident
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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…

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Joe Biden slams Uganda anti-gay law, urges repeal
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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…

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Uganda: Uganda enacts anti-LGBTQ+ law that includes death penalty
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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…

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Uganda House passes new version of tough anti-gay bill
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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…

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Lgbtq: Ugandan LGBTQ activist rallies support for compatriots after anti-gay bill
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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…

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Ugandan: Ugandan LGBTQ activist readies for the fight of his life
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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…

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Uganda: South African opposition protests Uganda's anti-LGBTQ bill
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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…

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Uganda passes strict anti-homosexuality law, to criminalise those identifying as LGBTQ
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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…

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