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Ugandan border town prepares to bury victims of rebel massacre that left 42 dead, mostly students
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Ugandan border town prepares to bury victims of rebel massacre that left 42 dead, mostly students

KAMPALA (UGANDA): A bereaved Ugandan border town on Sunday prepared to bury victims of a brutal attack by suspected extremist rebels on a school that…

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Ugandan: At least 41 killed in rebel attack on Ugandan school near Congo border
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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…

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Blinken says US to consider visa restrictions over Ugandan anti-LGBTQ+ law
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Blinken says US to consider visa restrictions over Ugandan anti-LGBTQ+ law

WASHINGTON: US secretary of state Antony Blinken on Monday said his government would consider visa restrictions against Ugandan officials and others for the abuse of…

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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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Indian national shot dead by off-duty constable in Uganda: Reports
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Indian national shot dead by off-duty constable in Uganda: Reports

JOHANNESBURG (SOUTH AFRICA): A 39-year-old Indian money lender was shot dead with a stolen AK-47 assault rifle by an off-duty police constable in Uganda’s capital…

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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: Uganda parliament passes harsh anti-LGBTQ bill mostly unchanged
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Lgbtq: Uganda parliament passes harsh anti-LGBTQ bill mostly unchanged

KAMPALA: Uganda’s parliament on Tuesday passed one of the world’s strictest anti-LGBTQ bills mostly unchanged, including provision for long jail terms and the death penalty,…

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Uganda President Consults Lawmakers: Uganda president consults lawmakers about anti-LGBTQ bill
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Uganda President Consults Lawmakers: Uganda president consults lawmakers about anti-LGBTQ bill

KAMPALA: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni was meeting lawmakers from his party on Thursday to discuss a strict anti-LGBTQ bill ahead of a deadline to sign…

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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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