Tag: Uganda
Man dies from Ebola-like virus in Uganda
A hospital technician has died of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in Kampala, the Ugandan government announced on Sunday. The man,…
Uganda’s Defence chief demands evidence over sexual exploitation
Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces, Gen. Katumba Wamala, on Friday asked for evidence on the recent allegations by the US…
Museveni blocked from Texas hotel over anti-gay law
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has been blocked from staying at a hotel in Texas due to a campaign by gay…
Uganda carrying out anti-terrorism operation – US
Ugandan security forces are carrying out an operation against a “suspected terrorist cell” in the capital Kampala, the United States…
Uganda children ‘taken from families’ to feed overseas adoption boom
Authorities in Uganda have raised fears that the east African nation’s children are being left vulnerable to abuse and exploitation…
Uganda anti-gay law to be re-introduced in parliament – Speaker
Ugandan lawmakers will vote on reinstating a severe anti-gay law just weeks after it was scrapped by the country’s constitutional…
Uganda gay pride party after law is overturned
Dancing and waving rainbow-coloured flags, Ugandan activists held their first gay pride rally Saturday since the overturning of a tough…
Museveni denies Uganda forced to drop anti-gay law
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni denied Saturday that the scrapping of a tough anti-gay law he had championed had anything to…
Uganda feels pain after US anti-gay sanctions
Uganda warned on Monday that US sanctions slapped on the country over its tough anti-gay laws would harm the “most…
Uganda joins oil producers in 2016
Uganda’s finance minister said on Thursday that the country hopes to begin full-scale oil production within two years, but vowed…
Ugandan rebel chief promotes son
Uganda’s notorious rebel chief Joseph Kony has named his son as deputy of his Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a guerrila…
Uganda MPs probe athletes’ sex abuse scandal
Uganda’s parliament has opened a probe into the alleged sex abuse of elite female runners from the national team by…
Nigeria, Uganda face EU sanctions over gay rights
The European Parliament backed sanctions on Uganda and Nigeria Thursday in protest at their recent passing of anti-gay laws. MEPs…
MTN boosts revenue from Nigeria’s earnings
South African mobile giant MTN on Wednesday said revenues grew 12 percent last year, driven by increasing subscribers and helped…
Anti-gay law: Uganda’s lawmaker says aid cut worthy price to pay
David Bahati, a lawmaker and author of Uganda’s anti-gay law, which criminalises homosexuality, said that aid cuts by Western donors…