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Uganda’s Museveni says being LGBTQ should not be criminalised

Latest comments suggest president is trying to tone down proposed anti-homosexuality law, one of the world’s toughest.

Al Jazeera

Uganda's president asks for changes to LGBT bill so identity is not criminalised

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has asked lawmakers to make clear in a proposed anti-homosexuality law that it is not criminal to merely identify as gay, as part of an attempt to tone down a bill that has drawn international condemnation.

Reuters

UK government funded anti-LGBTQ+ organisation in Uganda, says report

The Inter-Religious Council of Uganda, which is openly homophobic, has been a direct recipient of UK aid money

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Ugandan president says bill that imposes death penalty on homosexuals not harsh enough

He plans to send the Anti-Homosexuality Bill back to parliament for ‘strengthening’

Evening Standard

As sand miners prosper in Uganda, a vital lake basin suffers

The Lwera wetland, stretching more than 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the Ugandan capital Kampala into the western interior, has long been worked over by sand miners, both legal and illegal, motivated by demand from the construction industry

The Independent UK

LGBTQ Ugandans live in fear as new law looms

At a shelter for lesbian women in Uganda's capital Kampala, gone are the days when the residents, having fled abuse and stigma at home, could breathe easy and be themselves.

Reuters

Champion of the gorillas: the vet fighting to save Uganda’s great apes

Under the watchful and resourceful eye of award-winning conservationist Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Uganda’s threatened mountain gorilla population has made an impressive recovery – as has the local community

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How Ugandan superstar Jose Chameleone was enticed to perform in Tasmania by Hobart mum

In just six days and with "next to no budget", Eris Gino organised all aspects of a concert tour stop in 2017 to fulfil her daughter's dreams of seeing a Ugandan musician — "East Africa's Beyonce" — perform.

ABC News

Uganda's Museveni wants 'rehabilitation' measures in anti-LGBTQ legislation

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said he would sign some of the world's harshest anti-LGBTQ legislation once provisions are added to "rehabilitate" gay people, vowing not to cede to international pressure.

Reuters

Uganda’s president refuses to sign new hardline anti-LGBTQ+ bill

Yoweri Museveni sends bill imposing death penalty for homosexuality back to parliament for reconsideration

The Guardian - UK

Ugandan president refuses to sign LGBTQ bill, seeks changes

President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has refused to sign into law a controversial new bill against homosexuality that prescribes the death penalty in some cases, requesting that it should be amended

The Independent UK

Ghetto Kids: what's behind the moves of the Ugandan dance troupe that stormed the world

A group of young dancers from Uganda, Triplets Ghetto Kids, went viral across the world when they earned the “golden buzzer” mid-performance on the TV show Britain’s Got Talent. The golden buzzer sends a shower of gold confetti onto the stage – sending the contestants straight through to the show’s…

The Conversation

Uganda president to consult lawmakers about anti-LGBTQ bill

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni will meet lawmakers from his party on Thursday to discuss a strict anti-LGBTQ bill ahead of a deadline to sign it, veto it or send it back to parliament for revisions.

Reuters

Ugandan LGBTQ activist rallies support for compatriots after anti-gay bill

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 one of the world's toughest anti-LGBTQ bills.

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Uganda charges third minister in corruption scandal

A third Ugandan minister was charged on Wednesday with corruption in a widening government scandal over the alleged theft of thousands of metal roofing sheets intended for a relief programme in the northeastern Karamoja region.

Reuters

Uganda's junior finance minister charged with corruption offences

Uganda's junior finance minister was on Monday charged with corruption offences stemming from a scandal about alleged diversion of government-owned roofing materials that has ensnared multiple officials.

The Independent UK

Uganda charges second minister in major corruption scandal

Ugandan prosecutors have criminally charged a second government minister with corruption-related offenses in a scandal stemming from the diversion of roofing sheets that should have been distributed to vulnerable people

France 24

Fresh wave of anti-LGBT violence sweeps Uganda

Uganda has seen a new wave of hatred and “anti-gay” demonstrations sweep through the country since January after a case of suspected paedophilia in a school became a pretext to condemn the entire LGBT community. Homosexuality is illegal in the country and punishable by imprisonment. But the authorities, including the…

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Britain's Got Talent 2023: Bruno Tonioli hits Golden Buzzer for Ghetto Kids dance troupe in show first

Ghetto Kids from Uganda got a standing ovation from the audience and the first Golden Buzzer of the series

Reuters

Uganda arrests second minister over alleged iron sheet theft - police

Uganda's assistant finance minister has been arrested and detained on accusations of diverting metal roofing sheets meant for a relief program in the restive northeastern Karamoja region, police said late on Friday.

Al Jazeera

Dozens killed in Democratic Republic of the Congo village attacks

‘We’re tired of it,’ say residents facing ongoing violence in the Ituri province, near the border with Uganda.

Radio France Internationale

Ugandan activists brace for ratification of harsh anti-homosexuality bill

The president of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, recently called on Africa to "save the world from homosexuality", suggesting he would sign into law a controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill passed by parliament last month. In Uganda and abroad, activists are mounting last-ditch efforts to try and stop the legislation.

Reuters

Ugandan LGBTQ activist readies for the fight of his life

(This April 13 story has been corrected to remove reference to criminalising identifying as LGBTQ, a provision dropped in the draft stage, in paragraph 3)

Los Angeles Times

Proposed anti-gay law in Uganda leaves people 'almost in a panic mode'

KAMPALA, Uganda — He was in high school when he realized he was gay.

The Conversation

There's a growing gap between countries advancing LGBTQ+ rights, and those going backwards

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong joined 50,000 people to march in support of queer rights across the Sydney Harbour Bridge for World Pride in early March. A week earlier, Albanese became the first sitting prime minister to march in Sydney’s Mardi Gras, something he’s done over…

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