Tag: Uganda
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…
Tanzania confirms five Marburg virus deaths in the country
Tanzania confirms the presence of the Marburg virus on its soil for the first time. Five people have already been killed by the virus detected in the Kagera region of…
Ugandan parliament toughens gay law
Despite the denunciations of human rights defenders, Ugandan parliamentarians adopted on Tuesday March 21 a law reinforcing the criminalization of homosexuality in the country. ” This assembly will not hesitate…