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Gay rights activists call for more international pressure on Uganda over anti-gay law
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan gay rights activists asked the international community to mount more pressure on the government of Uganda to repeal an anti-gay law which the country's Constitutional Court refused to nullify on Wednesday. Activist Frank Mugisha said Tuesday’s...
Ugandan court upholds anti-gay law that allows the death penalty in some cases
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda's Constitutional Court on Wednesday upheld an anti-gay law that allows the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality" despite widespread condemnation from rights groups and others abroad. President Yoweri Museveni signed the bill into law in May...
Uganda's president appoints son as top commander of the army, raising succession concerns
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni on Thursday appointed his son as top commander of the military, a controversial move in a country where many have long believed Museveni is grooming his eldest child for the presidency. Museveni's son, Gen. Muhoozi...
An online protest movement exposes corruption in Uganda. Officials and others are rattled
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Abuse of public funds. Failing hospitals. Potholes in the streets of Kampala, the capital of Uganda. These and other issues feature in an online protest campaign that is rattling government officials and others in this East African country where street...
