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The Ugandan satirist who scared a dictator: Kakwenza Rukirabashaija on torture, exile and activism

The award-winning author was arrested and tortured for his work – and then tortured again for writing about his detention. Now he smuggles his latest banned book into Uganda to ensure it is read

The Guardian - UK

‘So many dead bodies’: Militia school attack haunts Ugandan town

The attack on a Uganda-DRC border town has left residents in mourning and their Muslim neighbours scared of reprisals.

Al Jazeera

US talks sanctions against Uganda after a harsh anti-gay law – but criminalizing same-sex activities has become a political tactic globally

Uganda recently signed an anti-gay bill into law. Called by some the “worst of its kind in the world,” the law imposes life imprisonment for same-sex relations while using colonial language that such acts are “against the order of nature.”

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Twenty suspects arrested over Uganda school massacre

Ugandan police say they have arrested 20 suspects believed of involvement in last Friday's school attack that killed 42 people, mostly students, in the country's west.

Radio France Internationale

Ugandans bury more victims of horrific school massacre

KAMPALA: Grief-stricken Ugandans were on Monday burying more victims of last week's horrific school attack in the remote west of the country blamed on a notorious militia based in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.

Bangkok Post

Massacre of innocents: On the attack on a school on the Uganda-Congo border

The fight by Uganda and Congo against militants will be effective only by improving the quality of governance, implementing law and order, and launching joint operations

The Hindu

Ugandan church waged rebellion against tradition – today's homophobic views are at odds with history

On 26 May Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, assented to the “anti-homosexuality bill” of 2023. The bill’s aim is to protect the “cherished culture of the people of Uganda, (and the) legal, religious, and traditional family values of Ugandans”. In the name of family values the law punishes “serial offenders” with…

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Ugandan border town prepares to bury victims of rebel massacre that left 42 dead, mostly students

A Ugandan border town is preparing to bury victims of a brutal attack by suspected extremist rebels on a school that left 42 dead, most of them students

The Independent UK

At least 41 killed in rebel attack on Ugandan school near Congo border

Ugandan authorities have recovered the bodies of 41 people including 38 students who were burned, shot or hacked to death after suspected rebels attacked a secondary school near the border with Congo

The Independent UK

Uganda attack kills 41 including 38 students after ISIS-linked rebels attack school

WARNING GRAPHIC DETAILS: Ugandan rebels with ties to Islamic State have attacked a school, killing at least 25 people, abducting others and setting a dormitory on fire

Daily Mirror

In Uganda, a recent ban on charcoal making disrupts a lucrative but destructive business

The burning of charcoal, an age-old practice in many African societies, is now restricted business across northern Uganda amid a wave of resentment by locals who have warned of the threat of climate change stemming from the uncontrolled felling of trees by outsiders

The Independent UK

Biden’s troubled journey on LGBT+ rights is a ‘beautiful thing’, top US diplomat says

State Department chief of protocol says president’s ‘evolution is real, it’s meaningful, and it’s actually impacting our lives’

The Independent UK

Uganda's long-time president says he's taking 'forced leave' after testing positive for COVID-19

Uganda’s longtime president says he is taking “forced leave” after testing positive for COVID-19

The Independent UK

Ugandan peacekeepers killed in jihadist attack in Somalia

Some 54 Ugandan peacekeepers died when militants besieged an African Union base in Somalia last week, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni said, in one of the worst recent attacks by Al-Shabaab jihadists in the war-torn country.

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Bangkok Post

Uganda says 54 peacekeepers killed in Somalia attack

KAMPALA: Some 54 Ugandan peacekeepers died when militants besieged an African Union base in Somalia last week, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said, in one of the worst recent attacks by Al-Shabaab jihadists.

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on Uganda’s anti-gay laws: grotesque, legalised bigotry

Yoweri Museveni has introduced the death penalty for homosexual acts, but his legislation threatens more than the people it demonises

Reuters

Uganda says 54 soldiers killed by al Shabaab in Somalia

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni said on Saturday that 54 Ugandan peacekeepers were killed in an attack last week by militant group al Shabaab on a military base in Somalia.

Reason

Uganda's New Anti-Gay Law Could Undermine AIDS Prevention

The new law dictates a life sentence for anyone caught having gay sex and the death penalty for anyone convicted of "aggravated homosexuality."

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The Independent UK

As anti-gay sentiment grows, more LGBTQ+ people seek to flee Uganda

Frightened LGBTQ+ Ugandans are searching for a way to escape a new law prescribing the death penalty for ‘aggravated homosexuality

The Independent UK

Biden’s troubled journey on LGBT+ rights is a ‘beautiful thing’, top US diplomat says

State Department chief of protocol says president’s ‘evolution is real, it’s meaningful, and it’s actually impacting our lives’

The Independent UK

Uganda president doubles down on anti-LGBT+ law and death penalty

One of world’s harshest anti-gay laws includes death sentence for ‘serial’ homosexuals

The New Daily

Uganda unfazed as LGBTQ law triggers aid cut threats

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has defended signing one of the world's harshest anti-LGBTQ laws to stop "recruiting".

Reuters

Museveni says Uganda won't be swayed after anti-LGBTQ law triggers aid cut threats

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has defended signing one of the world's harshest anti-LGBTQ laws, with punishments up to and including the death penalty, saying it was needed to prevent LGBTQ community members he said were "disoriented" from "recruiting" others.

The Conversation

Uganda's anti-homosexuality law is a patriarchal backlash against progress

Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni assented to the anti-homosexuality bill on 26 May 2023. The new law legislates, among other things, a ten-year jail term for “attempted homosexuality”, a 20-year jail term for “promotion of homosexuality”, a life sentence for “the offence of homosexuality” and a death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality”.…

The Independent UK

Biden warns Uganda will face sanctions and other penalties if severe anti-gay law is not immediately repealed

‘No one should have to live in constant fear for their life or being subjected to violence and discrimination’

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