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UN, Amnesty join calls for Museveni to reject Uganda's anti-gay legislation

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni faced calls on Wednesday from the United Nations and rights groups to reject an "appalling" anti-gay bill passed by parliament. Ugandan lawmakers on Tuesday approved the bill outlining harsh penalties for anyone who engages in same-sex activity.

Radio France Internationale

Uganda to jail people who identify as LGBTQ in one of world's most anti-gay laws

Uganda's parliament has passed sweeping new anti-LGBTQ+ laws with tougher punishments, making some acts punishable by death.

WEKU

Gay activist says Uganda LGBTQ community 'in shock' at new law

Members of Uganda's LGBTQ community are in shock and fear being arrested after parliament passed a new law that makes it a crime to identify as gay, and imposes tough sentences that include the death penalty in certain cases, an activist said on Wednesday.

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'Deeply troubling': UN rights chief on Uganda anti-gay bill

The U.N.’s top human rights official is urging Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to block an anti-LGBTQ bill that prescribes harsh penalties for some homosexual offenses, including death and life imprisonment

The Independent UK

Uganda urged to reject 'appalling' anti-gay bill

KAMPALA: The United Nations and the United States led calls Wednesday for Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni to reject what has been labelled an "appalling" anti-gay bill.

Bangkok Post

Factbox-Legal hurdles faced by LGBT+ people in Africa

Uganda's parliament passed a bill 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.

Reuters

The countries where homosexuality is still illegal, as Uganda passes death penalty bill

It is illegal to be gay in 70 countries, nearly half of which are in Africa

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U.S. couple facing child torture charges in Uganda freed on bail

A U.S. couple detained in Uganda since December accused of torturing a 10-year-old boy in their care was granted bail on Wednesday by a court in the capital Kampala.

Reuters

Uganda passes law making it a crime to identify as LGBTQ

KAMPALA: 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.

Bangkok Post

Afternoon Update: NSW election campaign gets messy; Uganda’s homosexuality death penalty; and polygamy killing male elephant seals

State politics heats up as Dominic Perrottet prepares to clash with Chris Minns in the final leaders’ debate

The Guardian - AU

Uganda’s new anti-homosexuality law bans identification as LGBTQ

Law could be the first to criminalise identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ): Rights Watch

Al Jazeera

Ugandan MPs pass bill imposing death penalty for homosexuality

Human rights campaigners condemn bill introducing capital and life imprisonment sentences

The Guardian - UK

Uganda's legislature passes harsh new anti-LGBTQ bill

Ugandan lawmakers passed a bill prescribing jail terms of up to 10 years for offenses related to same-sex relations, responding to popular sentiment but piling more pressure on the East African country’s LGBTQ community

The Independent UK

Uganda passes bill banning identifying as LGBTQ

Uganda's parliament on Tuesday passed a law that criminalises identifying as LGBTQ, handing authorities broad powers to target Ugandans who already face legal discrimination and mob violence.

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The Little-Known Jackfruit Trade Is Earning Rural Ugandan Farmers Nearly 20 Percent Of Yearly Income

A Uganda-based jackfruit processing company has taken a share of the rising vegan meat market in the Netherlands.

The Guardian - UK

Céilí in Kampala: why Irish dancing is proving popular in Uganda

Schools in the country’s capital are celebrating St Patrick’s Day after Irish dancers brought a touch of the Emerald Isle to east Africa

Al Jazeera

Son of long-serving Museveni to run for Uganda presidency in 2026

The outspoken army general seems intent on replacing his father, who has ruled Uganda for 37 years, as president.

The Independent UK

Ugandan leader's son unnerves with tweets of ambitions

On Twitter, the Ugandan president’s son has mused about invading neighboring Kenya, praised Russian President Vladimir Putin and offered cattle for the Italian prime minister’s hand in marriage

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Borrell Urges Algeria to End Dispute with Spain

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has informed Algerian officials about EU's desire to find “an urgent solution” to the dispute between Algeria and Spain. Meanwhile, the Non-Aligned Movement plans on holding a meeting in Algeria next summer, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced Sunday. Tebboune met with Borrell at…

The Guardian - UK

LGBTQ+ groups face crackdowns in Uganda as environment turns hostile

Activists fear a systematic ‘witch-hunt’ against sexual minorities by parliament, police and religious conservatives

The Conversation

Droughts bring disease: here are 4 ways they do it

Countries in the Horn of Africa have been hit by a multiyear drought. Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda are expected to continue getting below-normal rainfall in 2023. Excluding Uganda, 36.4 million people are affected and 21.7 million are in need of food assistance.

The Conversation

Marburg virus outbreaks are increasing in frequency and geographic spread – three virologists explain

The World Health Organization confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus disease in the central African country of Equatorial Guinea on Feb. 13, 2023. To date, there have been 11 deaths suspected to be caused by the virus, with one case confirmed. Authorities are currently monitoring 48 contacts, four…

ABC News

Intersex runner Annet Negesa fighting for everyone's right to compete in sport

Ugandan middle-distance runner Annet Negesa was preparing for the London Olympics when she was told she had high testosterone levels. What followed effectively ended her career and up-ended her life. Now she's speaking out.

France 24

At least six dead in Nigeria train-bus collision

In tonight's edition: Lagos launches an emergency blood drive as six people are killed and dozens injured after a train crashes into a passenger bus. Also, there are concerns that life could get even more restrictive for LGBT people in Uganda as its parliament takes up a bill that would…

Reuters

Uganda considers bill to criminalise identifying as LGBTQ

Uganda's parliament on Thursday took up a bill that would criminalise identifying as LGBTQ, with lawmakers saying the current ban on same-sex relations does not go far enough.

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