Tag: yoweri museveni
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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: 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,…
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…
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…