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Uganda's president says airstrikes killed 'a lot' of rebels with ties to Islamic State in Congo
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni said Saturday that recent airstrikes against rebels with ties to the Islamic State group in eastern Congo have killed “a lot” of the militants, possibly including a notorious bomb maker. The statement issued by the...
As oil activities encroach on sacred natural sites, a small Ugandan community feels besieged
BULIISA, Uganda (AP) — Alex Wakitinti is worried about the sacred natural sites he tends in the large swath of bushy grassland near Lake Albert. It's the same slice of his homeland that oil companies are developing in order for Uganda to become an oil producer by 2026. But French...
Uganda's leader slams World Bank for holding up new loans after his country enacted an anti-gay law
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda's president on Thursday slammed the World Bank, calling the global lender “insufferable” for holding up new loans after the East African country enacted an anti-gay bill that includes the death penalty in some cases. In a strongly worded...
Today in History: August 16, Elvis Presley dies at 42
Today in History Today is Wednesday, Aug. 16, the 228th day of 2023. There are 137 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Aug. 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 42. On...
World Bank says no new funding to Uganda over anti-gay law
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The World Bank said it will not consider new loans to Uganda after the East African country earlier this year enacted an anti-gay bill that rights groups and others have condemned. The World Bank had deployed a team to Uganda after the law was enacted in May...
Justice Department helping Ukraine in war crimes investigations, Attorney General Garland says
DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department is cooperating with the International Criminal Court and supporting Ukrainian prosecutors carrying out war crime investigation s, Attorney General Merrick Garland said Monday as he reaffirmed his department's aid more than a year after the Russian...
Rebel attacks in restive northeastern Congo kill at least 21 people over the weekend, officials say
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Rebel groups, including one with ties to the Islamic State group, killed at least 21 people in restive northeastern Congo over the weekend, local officials said Monday. Isaac Kibira, deputy delegate of the governor in the Central African nation’s...
UN closes its human rights office in Uganda as government ends an agreement allowing it to operate
BERLIN (AP) — The United Nations' human rights office in Uganda will close this weekend after the East African country decided not to renew an agreement allowing it to operate, the U.N.'s top human rights official said Friday. The closure comes amid concern over human rights...
UN panel says it's concerned about human rights violations in Uganda in recent years
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Human rights violations including extrajudicial killings in Uganda in recent years have raised the concern of a panel of United Nations experts. The U.N. Human Rights Committee in findings released Wednesday also urged authorities in the East African country...
As temperatures rise, mosquitoes are also on the move. Scientists worry that could mean more malaria
As the planet warms, mosquitoes are slowly migrating upward. The temperature range where malaria-carrying mosquitoes thrive is rising in elevation. Researchers have found evidence of the phenomenon from the tropical highlands of South America to the mountainous, populous regions of...
