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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.

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Uganda parliament passes harsh anti-LGBTQ bill mostly unchanged

Uganda's parliament on Tuesday passed one of the world's strictest anti-LGBTQ bills mostly unchanged, including provision for long jail terms and the death penalty, after the president requested some parts of the original legislation be toned down.

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Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill wants to 'rehabilitate' LGBTIQ+ people – African psychologists warn of its dangers

Mental health professionals from across Africa, including Kenya, Uganda, Cameroon, Nigeria and South Africa, have signed a declaration against conversion practices that are used to forcibly change the sexual orientation, gender identity or expression of LGBTIQ+ people.

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Ceramics teacher Samallie Kasirye changes the lives of Ugandan children by paying for their education

Through her pottery work, Samallie Kasirye is paying for the education of children in her home village in Uganda and changing their lives — just like hers was.

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Combatting online violence: Will the new EU law make tech platforms a safer place?

As online violence targeting women continues to rise, artificial intelligence is set to take trolling to a whole new level. So will the European Union's new Digital Services Act make tech platforms a safe place for women? Annette Young talks to Asha Allen from the Centre for Democracy and Technology.…

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Hate speech spikes in Kenya after LGBT rights group given green light

Kenyan LGBT campaigners have been fielding a surge in hate speech since a rights group supporting their cause was given the green light to register as an NGO. Also a deal between Uganda and Saudi Arabia to make it easier for African workers to head out to the Middle East…

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Sudan's warring generals agree to extend three-day truce

In tonight's edition: Sudan's rival generals agree to extend a fragile truce for another 72 hours. Meanwhile, citizens continue to flock to the country's borders to escape the violence. We're joined by a Franco-Sudanese evacuee, who's just arrived in France. Also, the US postpones its meeting over HIV and AIDS…

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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.

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Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda launch joint bid to host African Cup of Nations

Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda have launched a joint bid for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations, which would bring the continental showpiece to East Africa for the first time.

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Peace in the DRC: East Africa has deployed troops to combat M23 rebels – who's who in the regional force

The East Africa Community (EAC) has completed the deployment of its regional force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to oversee the withdrawal of the rebel group, M23, from the eastern part of the country.

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Dancing at Lughnasa review: ‘a beautiful production of a beautiful play’

First staged in 1990, Brian Friel’s “magnificent memory play” Dancing at Lughnasa has been revived at the National Theatre, said Sarah Crompton on What’s On Stage. And the production, directed by Josie Rourke, is a “glory”. The story is told from the point of view of a man called Michael,…

The Week

Uganda’s Museveni says being LGBTQ should not be criminalised

Latest comments suggest president is trying to tone down proposed anti-homosexuality law, one of the world’s toughest.

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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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Uganda's president asks for changes to LGBT bill so identity is not criminalised

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has asked lawmakers to make clear in a proposed anti-homosexuality law that it is not criminal to merely identify as gay, as part of an attempt to tone down a bill that has drawn international condemnation.

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UK government funded anti-LGBTQ+ organisation in Uganda, says report

The Inter-Religious Council of Uganda, which is openly homophobic, has been a direct recipient of UK aid money

Evening Standard

Ugandan president says bill that imposes death penalty on homosexuals not harsh enough

He plans to send the Anti-Homosexuality Bill back to parliament for ‘strengthening’

The Independent UK

As sand miners prosper in Uganda, a vital lake basin suffers

The Lwera wetland, stretching more than 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the Ugandan capital Kampala into the western interior, has long been worked over by sand miners, both legal and illegal, motivated by demand from the construction industry

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LGBTQ Ugandans live in fear as new law looms

At a shelter for lesbian women in Uganda's capital Kampala, gone are the days when the residents, having fled abuse and stigma at home, could breathe easy and be themselves.

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Champion of the gorillas: the vet fighting to save Uganda’s great apes

Under the watchful and resourceful eye of award-winning conservationist Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Uganda’s threatened mountain gorilla population has made an impressive recovery – as has the local community

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How Ugandan superstar Jose Chameleone was enticed to perform in Tasmania by Hobart mum

In just six days and with "next to no budget", Eris Gino organised all aspects of a concert tour stop in 2017 to fulfil her daughter's dreams of seeing a Ugandan musician — "East Africa's Beyonce" — perform.

Reuters

Uganda's Museveni wants 'rehabilitation' measures in anti-LGBTQ legislation

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said he would sign some of the world's harshest anti-LGBTQ legislation once provisions are added to "rehabilitate" gay people, vowing not to cede to international pressure.

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Uganda’s president refuses to sign new hardline anti-LGBTQ+ bill

Yoweri Museveni sends bill imposing death penalty for homosexuality back to parliament for reconsideration

The Independent UK

Ugandan president refuses to sign LGBTQ bill, seeks changes

President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has refused to sign into law a controversial new bill against homosexuality that prescribes the death penalty in some cases, requesting that it should be amended

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Ghetto Kids: what's behind the moves of the Ugandan dance troupe that stormed the world

A group of young dancers from Uganda, Triplets Ghetto Kids, went viral across the world when they earned the “golden buzzer” mid-performance on the TV show Britain’s Got Talent. The golden buzzer sends a shower of gold confetti onto the stage – sending the contestants straight through to the show’s…

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EU parliament denounces Uganda anti-gay bill

Strasbourg (France) (AFP) - The European Parliament voted to condemn Uganda's anti-LGBTQ bill Thursday and urged the European Union to find a way to pressure President Yoweri Museveni into not implementing it.

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