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Uganda’s legislature passes harsh new anti-LGBTQ bill

Federal News Radio 22 Mar 2023
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan lawmakers passed a bill prescribing jail terms of up to 10 years for offenses related to same-sex relations, responding to popular sentiment but piling more pressure on the East African country’s LGBTQ community ...Whatever we are doing, we are doing it for the people of Uganda.”.
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People in same-sex relations to face jail term up to 10 years in THIS country ...

India TV 22 Mar 2023
Whatever we are doing, we are doing it for the people of Uganda.” ... Human Rights Watch has described the legislation as “a more egregious version” of the 2014 law, which drew widespread international concern and was struck down amid pressure from Uganda's development partners.
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Ugandan parliament passes Bill to jail gay people

Irish Independent 22 Mar 2023
... in recent years who wanted a tough new law punishing same-sex activity.The Ugandan agency overseeing the work of NGOs last year stopped the operations of Sexual Minorities Uganda, the most prominent LGBTQ organization in the country, accusing it of failing to register legally.
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Uganda's legislature passes harsh new anti-LGBTQ bill

Jamaica Observer 21 Mar 2023
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan lawmakers passed a bill prescribing jail terms of up to 10 years for offenses related to same-sex relations, responding to popular sentiment but piling more pressure on the East African country’s LGBTQ community ...Whatever we are doing, we are doing it for the people of Uganda.”.
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Uganda's legislature passes harsh new anti-LGBT bill

Killeen Daily Herald 21 Mar 2023
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan lawmakers passed a bill prescribing jail terms of up to 10 years for offenses related to same-sex relations, responding to popular sentiment but piling more pressure on the East African country’s LGBTQ community ...Whatever we are doing, we are doing it for the people of Uganda.”.
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Uganda passes harsh new bill targeting LGBT+ community

ITV 21 Mar 2023
It was not immediately clear what the punishment is for that offence following last-minute amendments in a protracted session in the Uganda capital, Kampala. A rare protest against Uganda's tough stance against homosexuality outside the Uganda High Commission in Nairobi.
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Ugandan MPs pass bill imposing death penalty for homosexuality

The Guardian 21 Mar 2023
Human rights campaigners condemn bill introducing capital and life imprisonment sentences MPs in ...
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Ionic's Uganda project proves profitable

Mining Weekly 20 Mar 2023
The Stage 1 development of the Makuutu rare earths project, in Uganda, will require a capital ...
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Céilí in Kampala: why Irish dancing is proving popular in Uganda

The Observer 17 Mar 2023
Amaso lives more than 4,000 miles from Ireland, in Namuwongo, the poorest slum in Uganda’s capital, Kampala ... Bringing a touch of Irish culture to Uganda was the idea of the Galway-born John Walsh, a member of the Irish Society in Uganda ... Hurling was introduced into Uganda in 2019 by two Ugandans who saw games on social media.
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Céilí in Kampala: the children learning Irish dancing in the slums of Uganda

The Guardian 17 Mar 2023
... face.” Amaso lives more than 4,000 miles from Ireland, in Namuwongo, the poorest slum in Uganda’s capital, Kampala.
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Four students killed after truck plows into school in central Uganda

Xinhua 15 Mar 2023
The accident happened at Kasaka Senior Secondary School Tuesday evening, said the police in a statement issued in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, noting that the truck driver lost control and the vehicle plowed into the school lab ...
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Ugandan leader's son unnerves with tweets of ambitions

The Lawton Constitution 15 Mar 2023
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — On Twitter, the Ugandan president’s son has mused about invading neighboring Kenya, praised Russian President Vladimir Putin and offered cattle for the Italian prime minister's hand in marriage ... Museveni once had to apologize to Kenya for a tweet that said Uganda’s forces could take its capital, Nairobi, in two weeks.
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NGOs urge the release of Burundi rights campaigners

Arab News 14 Mar 2023
NAIROBI. Three human rights groups called Tuesday for the immediate unconditional release of five Burundian activists charged with rebellion and undermining state security. Burundian intelligence agents arrested the five, four of whom were about to fly to Uganda from the economic capital Bujumbura, last month ... ....
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Algeria, Uganda sign pacts to boost economic cooperation

People Daily 13 Mar 2023
Tebboune announced during the meeting that 150 Algerian businessmen will travel to Uganda's capital Kampala to discuss potential partnerships with Ugandan companies, in an effort to strengthen bilateral relations.
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Uganda presents anti-gay bill in parliament

The Manila Times 10 Mar 2023
Kampala, Uganda ... traction on social media in conservative Uganda ... "Ugandan politicians should focus on passing laws that protect vulnerable minorities and affirm fundamental rights and stop targeting LGBT people for political capital," said Oryem Nyeko, Uganda researcher at HRW.

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