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Uganda’s first Oscar-nominated film tells story of Bobi Wine persecution

Film retells political persecution of popstar-turned-politician Bobi Wine as he takes on the longtime Ugandan leader.

Al Jazeera

Jaishankar meets newly-appointed Bangladesh Foreign Minister

Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar meets Bangladesh Foreign Minister in Kampala, hailing growing bilateral relations.

The Hindu

Non-Aligned Movement criticises Israel’s war on Gaza at Kampala summit

Foreign ministers within the 120-member bloc have adopted a resolution at the summit, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza..

Al Jazeera

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‘If I go out, I’ll be a target’: fear stalks Uganda over brutal anti-gay laws

Despite sharp international condemnation, the new legislation – its measures include the death penalty for ‘aggravated homosexuality’ – has found support elsewhere in Africa

The Guardian - UK

Sisters in support: Decriminalising sex work from inside Kampala brothels

In Uganda, sex workers face stigma and abuse. But a sisterhood within the brothels is helping them navigate challenges.

Al Jazeera

A vibrant art scene in Uganda mirrors African boom as more collectors show interest

A growing list of artists in Uganda is contributing to a feeling among curators of an exciting moment for art in the East African country

The Independent UK

Terror in Uganda: what's driving the Islamic State-linked rebels

The Islamic State Central Africa Province recently attacked and killed two foreign tourists and a citizen in a Ugandan nature park. Located in the country’s west near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Queen Elizabeth National Park is about 400km from the Ugandan capital Kampala.

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Where have all the grasshoppers gone?: Uganda’s insect traders struggle to find protein-rich bugs

Professional trappers find it increasingly hard to fill their sacks for market as the country’s forests, grassland and swamps where the insects breed are lost

The Guardian - UK

‘Very disturbing’: crackdown on oil pipeline protests in Uganda concerns UN rights expert

Students in Kampala have been beaten and arrested for marching against a 900-mile pipeline co-owned by a French company

The Guardian - US

A moment that changed me: 50 years after my grandparents were expelled from Uganda, I visited their old home

I grew up thousands of miles away, hearing stories of the family bungalow in Kampala and of Idi Amin, the dictator who had driven us out of it. What kind of welcome would I find there?

The Guardian - UK

In Uganda, scramble for land intensifies in fields surrounding Kampala

Urban expansion and the commodification of land are driving disputes in areas near the Ugandan capital.

Al Jazeera

Yoweri Museveni: ageing Uganda president rides on the memory of his past heroics

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni – Africa’s fourth-longest-serving head of state in 2023 – has cemented his place in history. He brought an end to two tyrannies: in 1979 his militia helped to oust Idi Amin’s famously bloody regime; and in the 1980s his army won a guerrilla campaign against the…

The Conversation

'I just kept on fighting until they burned me out in the legs' - Ugandan cycling’s great hope on his World Championships debut

Kamya Richard of Masaka Cycling Club opens up on his journey from racing in Kampala to the Glasgow Worlds

Cycling Weekly

In Uganda, Iran president attacks West on LGBTQ rights

KAMPALA - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday launched into a condemnation of Western attitudes on homosexuality during a visit to Uganda which has just introduced some of the harshest anti-gay laws in the world.

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Ugandans bury more victims of horrific school massacre

KAMPALA: Grief-stricken Ugandans were on Monday burying more victims of last week's horrific school attack in the remote west of the country blamed on a notorious militia based in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.

Bangkok Post

At least 37 slain as jihadists attack Ugandan school

KAMPALA: Militants linked to the Islamic State group hacked and burned 37 students to death in western Uganda in the country’s worst such attack in over a decade, army and police officials said on Saturday.

Radio France Internationale

Uganda's Ghetto Kids journey from slums to stardom

A group of six Ugandan street children from the capital Kampala have reached the grand finale of the hit UK television show Britain's Got Talent – a further step in proving their lives are "changing for the good".

Bangkok Post

Uganda says 54 peacekeepers killed in Somalia attack

KAMPALA: Some 54 Ugandan peacekeepers died when militants besieged an African Union base in Somalia last week, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said, in one of the worst recent attacks by Al-Shabaab jihadists.

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From slums to stardom: Uganda's Ghetto Kids

KAMPALA, Uganda: The sprawling slums of Kampala are a far cry from the glitzy stage of Britain's Got Talent, where a group of Ugandan street kids will be performing in Sunday's grand finale of the hit UK television show.

Daily Mirror

'I rescued Ghetto Kids from the slums and now we've made Britain's Got Talent history'

Ghetto Kids, a dance troupe aged five to 13, who captivated viewers and judges with their energetic routine, are among 31 children who Daouda has given a home to

Bangkok Post

Uganda's president signs anti-gay bill into law

KAMPALA: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Monday signed into law a controversial anti-gay bill, his office and the country's parliament said, introducing draconian measures against homosexuality that have been described as among the world's harshest.

Los Angeles Times

Ugandan major league hopeful finally gets visa to play in MLB Draft League

LOS ANGELES — After declining to issue a travel visa to Dennis Kasumba, the Ugandan orphan profiled in The Los Angeles Times, the American Embassy in Kampala backtracked Thursday and approved Kasumba's request to travel to the U.S. this month to play in the MLB Draft League.

AFP

Uganda lawmakers pass new draft of harsh anti-gay bill

Kampala (AFP) - Uganda's parliament on Tuesday passed a new draft of anti-gay legislation, retaining many draconian provisions despite President Yoweri Museveni's call to rework an earlier version of the bill following an outcry by Western governments.

Reuters

Uganda police arrest 11 female lawmakers during protest

Police in Uganda detained 11 female members of parliament on Thursday who they accused of staging of an unlawful protest, with some of the lawmakers sustaining injuries during their arrest.

AFP

Ugandan president urges MPs to 'reconsider' anti-gay bill

Kampala (AFP) - President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday called on Ugandan MPs to "reconsider" draconian anti-gay legislation passed by parliament last month and widely condemned in the West.

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