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Human rights campaigners condemn bill introducing capital and life imprisonment sentencesMPs in Uganda have passed a controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill, which would make homosexual acts punishable by death, attracting strong condemnation from rights campai…
Indian participants will include senior officials from the Ministries of Defence and External Affairs besides the Service HQ. Senior veterans will also attend the conclaveNEW DELHI: India is set to host the first nine-day India-African Chiefs Conclave in Pune (Maharashtra) beginning March 21 in which chiefs of over 20 African armies will likely participate.Army chiefs of 10 African countries have
Activists fear a systematic ‘witch-hunt’ against sexual minorities by parliament, police and religious conservatives A dramatic surge in attacks on LGBTQ+ people in Uganda has been recorded by rights groups this year, as the environment for sexual mino…
In a country where gay sex is already punishable by life in prison, campaigners have condemned proposed new law as ‘demonisation’MPs in Uganda have reintroduced a controversial anti-LGBTQ bill, with one describing homosexuality as a “cancer”, attractin…
Campaigners accuse Museveni regime of evading international scrutiny after shock move to end agreement with OHCHRRights activists and campaigners have condemned the Ugandan government’s decision to shut down the country’s UN human rights office, descri…
Control measures including lockdowns have halted the spread of the virus after less than four monthsThe Ugandan government has declared an end to its Ebola outbreak, less than four months after cases were first reported.Since 20 September, 56 people ha…
The virus spread to nine districts nationwide, infecting hundreds and killing dozens. Seven health workers were among those who died.
Survivor says pushing began after fireworks outside Freedom City shopping mall in KampalaAt least nine people, some of them children, died in a crush as revellers rang in the new year at a shopping centre in Uganda’s capital, police said.After firework…
A stampede during New Year’s celebrations at a popular mall in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, left at least nine people dead.