The Latest Breaking News from Uganda

The power of international law lies in its potential to offer alternatives to force and violence. The ideal is that states submit their grievances to a court rather than duke them out on a battlefield, or carry them out against civilians.

Despite legal advancements and greater openness about sexual orientation, discrimination and violence against LGBTQ+ people is on the rise in places including Europe – while elsewhere in the world many countries still criminalise same-sex relationships.

Kenya mourns the tragic loss of military chief Gen. Francis Ogolla in a helicopter crash near the Uganda border. President Ruto declares three days of nati...

Uganda's Constitutional Court upholds anti-gay law, sparking global outrage and concerns for LGBTQ+ rights.

We bring you a week of political and social events from across the African continent. This week, Uganda's constitutional court threw out a challenge to the homophobic law adopted last May. Also, Congolese wordsmiths the Tetra collective use slam poetry to explore their deep love of Congolese and French literature.…

Uganda's Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a bid to scrap a controversial anti-gay law that is considered one of the toughest in the world.

Uganda's Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a bid to overturn its highly contentious Anti-Homosexuality Act – one of the toughest such laws in the world.

Uganda's constitutional court upholds anti-gay law with death penalty for 'aggravated homosexuality,' drawing international criticism.

Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 imposes penalties of up to life in prison for consensual same-sex relations.