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/ 5 February 2010
US President Barack Obama has denounced as "odious" a proposed anti-gay law in Uganda that has drawn international condemnation.
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/ 19 January 2010
The DA on Tuesday urged President Jacob Zuma not to appoint ‘committed homophobe’ Jon Qwelane as South Africa’s ambassador to Uganda.
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/ 16 January 2010
The UN’s top human rights official has called on Uganda to drop a proposed anti-homosexuality law that would impose the death penalty.
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/ 14 January 2010
Uganda has indicated it will bow to international pressure and amend draconian anti-homosexual legislation.
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/ 21 December 2009
The UN has called for the elusive leaders of Uganda’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) be brought to justice for crimes against humanity.
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/ 18 December 2009
A lawmaker from the north-eastern DRC on Friday expressed fears of an attack by Ugandan rebels at Christmas.
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/ 2 December 2009
Life imprisonment is minimum punishment under anti-homosexuality Bill currently before the country’s Parliament.
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/ 25 November 2009
Dozens were killed in Central African Republic when Ugandan rebels attacked villagers but were then ambushed by Ugandan soldiers, a witness said.
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/ 23 November 2009
Foreign oil explorers are set to reap ”excessive” profit once Uganda starts pumping crude, an advocacy group said on Monday.
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/ 11 November 2009
The changing course of a river marking the natural border between Uganda and the DRC has caused boundary confusion in an oil rich area.
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/ 28 October 2009
Muhenda charges games according to the “weight” of the matches — as much as 1 000 shillings a person for an Arsenal vs Manchester United fixture.
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/ 23 October 2009
Somalia’s hard-line al-Shabaab insurgents said they will strike the capitals of Burundi and Uganda in revenge for rocket attacks by peacekeepers.
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/ 16 October 2009
Human rights groups have blasted Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which includes a section that would introduce the death penalty.
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/ 13 October 2009
Two decades after he arrived in the US, Derreck Kayongo is still bowled over by one subtle display of American wealth: the endless array of soaps.
Uganda freed Somalia’s state minister for defence on Wednesday, a day after he was bundled into an unmarked car.
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/ 23 September 2009
A Uganda opposition leader has accused President Yoweri Museveni of using the army to strengthen his grip of power in the run-up to elections in 2011.
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/ 20 September 2009
Sophia Grootboom and Karabo Keepile spoke to two intersexed Africans whose sexes were wrongly identified at birth.
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/ 16 September 2009
Thousands killed and kidnapped in the Democratic Republic of Congo as Joseph Kony’s LRA spreads chaos in central Africa.
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/ 15 September 2009
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday vowed tough action against protesters following riots in Kampala last week that left 14 people dead.
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/ 14 September 2009
In the space of a month, Yoweri Museveni’s 23-year-old grip on Uganda appears to have been rattled by deadly riots and the return of a major rival.
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/ 13 September 2009
Police have arrested more than 550 people in connection with two days of riots in Uganda’s capital Kampala.
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/ 13 September 2009
An African cellphone hotline that reports when clinics are out of essential drugs could be the solution to government denialism.
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/ 11 September 2009
Gunshots rang out in Uganda’s capital Kampala on Friday and at least two people were killed as security forces clashed with rioters for a second day
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/ 9 September 2009
Uganda’s opposition wants more transparency in awarding oil contracts to foreign firms, its main leader said on Wednesday.
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/ 8 September 2009
Ugandan troops have crossed into neighbouring Central African Republic in pursuit of LRA rebels with Bangui’s blessing, a spokesperson said Tuesday.
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/ 8 September 2009
The Republic of the Congo has offered Agri SA 10-million hectares for South African farmers to produce maize and soya beans.
A prominent Ugandan diplomat who recently returned from 23 years in exile on Monday accused the regime of spreading rumours about his sexuality.
With attention focused on climate change, one of the methods to reduce global carbon emissions is causing the displacement of people in Uganda.
Without continued funding for Aids treatment, Africa risks a return to the days of ”wholesale carnage”, an Aids crusader said this week.
Uganda has said that a visit by Sudan President Omar al-Bashir could cause a ”diplomatic incident” amid pressure to arrest him for alleged war crimes.
Uganda will pass a law banning female genital mutilation, the president said on Friday.
Uganda will resist pressures from donor countries to soften its stance on homosexuality, a minister said on Wednesday.