Tag: Uganda
homosexuality now punishable by death
The “anti-homosexuality 2023” law was promulgated on Monday May 29 by President Yoweri Museveni. In the country and beyond, there is outrage for human rights NGOs. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni…
The president of Uganda passed a very strict law against homosexuality
The United States threatens to freeze aid and investments in the country if the law is not repealed. President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni on Monday approved the controversial anti-homosexuality law,…
the difficult exile of LGBT people fleeing Uganda
The situation is getting tougher for LGBT people in East Africa. Uganda is about to pass a bill that would put in place some of the strictest legislation in the…
Blood-curdling event in Uganda! Minister killed by his bodyguard
Ugandan Minister of State for Labor, Employment and Industrial Affairs, Charles Okello Engola, was shot dead by his bodyguard, attached to the Ugandan National Army. It was reported that the…
Uganda: President Yoweri Museveni calls for the “review” of a law on homosexuality
In a letter read Wednesday, April 26, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni asked parliamentarians to “re-examine” a controversial anti-LGBT+ law, urging them in particular to maintain the criminalization of sexual relations…
The European Parliament denounces in a resolution the law against homosexuality in Uganda
After the United States, the United Kingdom and the UN, the European Parliament is also preparing to ask for the repeal of the law criminalizing homosexuality in Uganda in a…
Uganda, Kenya and Ghana corner sexual minorities – what do Kenyan students think about homosexuality?
Homosexual acts are already criminalized in about 30 African countries. Especially in the Christian zone of the central part of the continent, the attitude towards homosexuality has been very negative…
new massacre and old mass grave discovered in the East
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, civil society accuses ADF rebels, affiliated with the Islamic State terrorist group, of having massacred 21 villagers on Friday, April 7. In addition, the…
Ugandan opposition concerned about sending troops to DRC
In Uganda, the government’s decision to send troops to the DRC is controversial. The main opposition party, the FDC on Tuesday asked the president to explain to Ugandans the advantages…
DRC estimates losses linked to illegal mineral trafficking at one billion dollars a year
Mineral trafficking in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been documented by various NGO and UN reports. According to the US Treasury, more than 90% of the gold produced in…