Ugandans opposed to a new anti-homosexuality law have filed a constitutional petition alleging that the law violates fundamental rights.
Readers comment on marijuana prohibition, SABC’s Hlaudi Motsoeneng and Zapiro’s Strange Fruit cartoon.
President Yoweri Museveni’s anti-pornography Act is no laughing matter despite a spirited protest against the miniskirt ban, writes Amy Fallon.
American evangelists were responsible for fostering a turning point in Uganda’s attitudes towards LGBTI people.
Sweden says it will stop development aid payments to Uganda "because of the anti-gay legislation" passed in late February.
President Robert Mugabe has voiced his support of President Yoweri Museveni’s anti-gay laws in Uganda and hinted at following suit in Zimbabwe.
The World Bank has joined various EU countries in cutting economic ties with Uganda over its anti-gay law, blocking a $90-million loan.
Uganda’s government has been hit with substantial aid cuts after the president enacted a severe anti-gay law.
Aid for Uganda has been pulled and its currecy has slumped following a bill which prescribes life imprisonment for some homsexual acts.
LGBTI Ugandans have made a plea for countries to loosen their asylum regulations for those in danger of physical harm because of their sexuality.
Uganda’s calculated gamble over its anti-gay law is proof that the West needs to reassess how it deals with 21st century Africa.
This is an SOS to the whole world: Help the LGBTI community survive this "sexuality genocide" in Uganda, writes a transgender woman from Kampala.
Sweden has warned Uganda’s new Bill against homosexuality could represent a financial risk for its economy as several countries have cut their aid.
A Ugandan newspaper has published a list of what it called the country’s "200 top" gay people, which included some prominent Ugandans.
A watchdog group has warned that a backlash of violence may occur in Uganda after President Yoweri Museveni signed an anti-gay Bill into law.
Uganda’s president has signed a new law imposing harsh penalties on gay people, defying protests from rights groups and Western donors.
Despite international pressure and rights groups condemneding it, President Yoweri Museveni is expected to sign a controversial anti-gay Bill.
The ministerial team tasked with advising President Yoweri Museveni on homosexuality falsified and twisted information in an expert scientific report.
Dr Paul Semugoma was almost deported to Uganda through Zim, but friends exerted pressure on the South African government to grant him a work permit.
With Russia and China ready to provide financial aid, Uganda is blithely indifferent to US displeasure over President Yoweri Museveni’s anti-gay laws.
Home affairs has sought leave to appeal an interim court order that Ugandan gay rights activist Paul Semugoma be allowed to enter SA.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is set to sign a bill into law which prescribes life imprisonment for some homosexual acts.
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has commisioned reports from doctors to aid his decision on whether to sign anti-gay legislation into law.
Political leaders need to get their priorities straightened out when it comes to homosexuality versus child abuse, writes Jane Raphaely.
Binyavanga Wainaina, one of Africa’s leading literary figures, has outed himself in response to a wave of homophobic laws across the continent.
Yoweri Museveni has not signed the controversial law, saying there are better ways to cure the results of "sexual starvation" and "random breeding".
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is "walking on banana peels" as he "moderates" his controversial Bill against homosexuality.
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni will not rush to approve a controversial anti-gay law, despite pressure from Parliament to sign the Bill.
As South Sudan rebels battled government troops for control of the flashpoint town of Bor, the AU says it will impose sanctions over violence.
After a deadly attack by rebels in DRC’s Kamango, SA helicopters in the UN intervention force have helped the country’s troops take back the town.
Uganda has passed a law that makes some gay acts punishable by life in prison, says a spokesperson for the legislature.
The CAR’s president has insisted he has been negotiating with Joseph Kony after Washington rubbished claims that Kony was involved in any talks.