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Ugandan: At least 41 killed in rebel attack on Ugandan school near Congo border
KAMPALA: Ugandan authorities recovered the bodies of 41 people, including 38 students, following an attack by suspected rebels on secondary school near the border with…
Somalia: Six civilians killed in Somalia hotel siege
MOGADISHU: Six civilians were killed and 10 wounded in a six-hour siege by Islamist Al-Shabaab militants at a beachside hotel in Somalia‘s capital Mogadishu, police…
Somalia: Extremist attack on hotel in Mogadishu leaves 9 dead
MOGADISHU: Nine civilians were killed and 10 wounded in a six-hour siege by Islamist Al-Shabaab militants at a beachside hotel in Somalia‘s capital Mogadishu, police…
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…
Sudan: South Sudan receives about 10,000 refugees fleeing Sudan fighting
JUBA: Around 10,000 refugees have entered South Sudan from Sudan in recent days fleeing fighting between the army and paramilitary forces, officials in South Sudan’s…
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…
Democratic Republic Of Congo: Regional military force in DR Congo raises ‘balkanisation’ fears
GOMA: A regional military force deployed to stabilise the conflict-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is raising suspicions about the role neighbouring countries are playing….
Islamist militants suspected of killing at least 36 in east Congo village
BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo: Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 36 people in an overnight attack on a village in the eastern Democratic Republic…