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Ugandan Opposition Leader Bobi Wine Shot in Leg in Clash With Police

New York Times 04 Sep 2024
Mr. Wine, a pop star turned politician who ran for president, is in the hospital, but his injuries are not life-threatening, one of his lawyers said ... .
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Ugandan president meets with US ambassador

Washington Blade 14 May 2024
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on May 10 met with U.S. Ambassador to Uganda William Popp ... I emphasized the need for an inclusive census for informed decision-making,” said Museveni ... — Yoweri K Museveni (@KagutaMuseveni) May 9, 2024 ... Gen ... .
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Prominent Ugandan activist asks for asylum in Canada

Washington Blade 09 May 2024
3 while he was going to work ... Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni last May signed his country’s Anti-Homosexuality Act that, among other things, contains a death penalty provision for “aggravated homosexuality.” ... The U.S ... ....
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Strongman syndrome in Africa flips democracies to totalitarianism

Mail Guardian South Africa 07 May 2024
Uganda is an example of a country under a strongman ruler, Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled for close to 40 years, as is Equatorial Guinea under Teodoro Obiang Nguema, Cameroon under Paul Biya, Eritrea ...
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New World Bank US executive director: LGBTQ rights are human rights

Washington Blade 30 Apr 2024
Acting U.S. World Bank Executive Director L ... Period ... office on March 27 ... foreign policy ... The World Bank last August suspended new loans to Uganda in response to the country’s Anti-Homosexuality Act that President Yoweri Museveni signed ... ....
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State Department releases annual human rights report

Washington Blade 23 Apr 2024
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni last May signed the law, which contains a death penalty provision for “aggravated homosexuality.”. The U.S ... The World Bank Group also announced the suspension of new loans to Uganda ... Ghanaian lawmakers on Feb ... Lavers) ... .
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Upcoming Ugandan Census will not count intersex people

Washington Blade 22 Apr 2024
President Yoweri Museveni has noted that data from the country’s sixth national Census will be crucial towards achieving the nation’s Vision 2040 and help the government, non-governmental ...
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Activists demand EU sanction Uganda over Anti-Homosexuality Act

Washington Blade 19 Apr 2024
(Washington blade video by michael k. lavers). Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni last May signed the Anti-Homosexuality Act that, among other things, contains a death penalty provision for “aggravated homosexuality.” ... ....
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Ugandan activists appeal ruling that upheld Anti-Homosexuality Act

Washington Blade 16 Apr 2024
President Yoweri Museveni last May signed the law, which contains a death penalty provision for “aggravated homosexuality.”. The U.S ... ....
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When the old fox walks the tightrope

X Index 04 Apr 2024
To a chorus of outrage at the end of May 2023, Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni signed the Anti-Homosexual Bill into law, which can apply the death penalty ... This is the tightrope he had to walk – but not for the first time ... Nyanzi said ... ....
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Ugandan Court Upholds Draconian Anti-Gay Law

New York Times 03 Apr 2024
The law, which includes the death penalty as a punishment in some cases, has been strongly condemned, including by the United States ... .
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Son of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni vows war against graft as military commander

Anadolu Agency 29 Mar 2024
The son of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni pledged Friday to fight corruption in the military after taking over as its top commander ... Museveni has repeatedly denied the accusation, which is commonly referred to as the “Muhoozi Project.”.
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