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Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni signs anti-LGBTQ law including death penalty

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni signed one of the world’s toughest anti-LGBTQ laws, including the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality”, drawing Western condemnation and risking sanctions from aid donors. Same-sex relations were already illegal in Uganda, as in more than 30 African countries, but the new law goes further. It stipulates capital punishment for “serial offenders”… Read More Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni signs anti-LGBTQ law including death penalty

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Uganda’s parliament passes law criminalizing identification as LGBTQ

Uganda’s parliament passed a law on Tuesday making it a crime to identify as LGBTQ, handing authorities broad powers to target gay Ugandans who already face legal discrimination and mob violence. More than 30 African countries, including Uganda, already ban same-sex relations. The new law appears to be the first to outlaw merely identifying as… Read More Uganda’s parliament passes law criminalizing identification as LGBTQ

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Afreximbank approves $200million for Ugandan crude oil pipeline

Afreximbank has approved $200 million toward financing of a contested oil pipeline to export Uganda’s crude, and is willing to finance construction of a refinery in the east African country, Uganda’s presidency said on Monday. The $3.5 billion pipeline will run from landlocked Uganda’s oilfields in the country’s west to a port on Tanzania’s Indian… Read More Afreximbank approves $200million for Ugandan crude oil pipeline

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Several nations call for immediate ceasefire in Ethiopia as conflict escalates

African and Western nations called for an immediate ceasefire in Ethiopia on Thursday after Tigrayan forces from the country’s North said they made advances towards the capital this week. The U.S. special envoy for the Horn of Africa, Jeffrey Feltman, arrived in Addis Ababa to press for a halt to military operations and a start… Read More Several nations call for immediate ceasefire in Ethiopia as conflict escalates

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Uganda re-imposes lockdown following surge in coronavirus cases

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni on Sunday re-imposed a strict lockdown that included the closure of schools and the suspension of inter-district travel to help beat back a surge in COVID-19 cases in the East African country. The new measures, which will be effective from Monday morning, include the closure of all educational institutions, some bans… Read More Uganda re-imposes lockdown following surge in coronavirus cases

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Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine withdraws petition challenging presidential election result

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine said on Monday he was withdrawing a court case challenging presidential election results that handed victory to incumbent Yoweri Museveni, alleging bias by Supreme Court justices hearing the case. “We have decided to withdraw from their court,” Bobi Wine told a news conference in the capital Kampala. Wine, whose real… Read More Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine withdraws petition challenging presidential election result

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