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From the White House: Statement from President Joe Biden on the Enactment of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act

YoopyaMay 29, 2023May 29, 20230

The enactment of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act is a tragic violation of universal human rights—one that is not worthy of the Ugandan people, and one that

Uganda: President Yoweri Museveni promulgates anti-homosexual law.

YoopyaMay 29, 2023May 30, 20230

Uganda’s president has signed into law an anti-homosexuality bill that was widely supported in the East African country, but widely condemned by foreign human rights

Uganda’s Bobi Wine calls for peaceful protests after polls

YoopyaMar 9, 2021May 20, 20230

Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine is calling for peaceful protests in the aftermath of presidential elections, charging that electoral authorities are grappling with forged results

Uganda’s president to mediate in Burundi as regional alarm grows

YoopyaJul 13, 2015July 1, 20230

BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni will fly to Burundi on Tuesday to mediate between government and opposition leaders, an official said, a personal

AP Interview: Uganda’s president says he’s the one bullied

YoopyaMay 7, 2015July 1, 20230

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — There is so much freedom in Uganda that it’s nearly anarchy, the country’s president joked, stepping carefully around what’s an open

Ugandan president removes prime minister and former ally Mbabazi

YoopyaSep 19, 2014July 29, 20230

KAMPALA (Reuters) – Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has replaced his prime minister, the government said in a statement on Friday, removing a former ally who

Africa news: U.S. cuts aid to Uganda, cancels military exercise over anti-gay law

YoopyaJun 20, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – The United States on Thursday cut aid to Uganda, imposed visa restrictions and canceled a regional military exercise in response to a Ugandan

Uganda holds thanksgiving event for anti-gay law

YoopyaMar 31, 2014July 21, 20230

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has launched fresh condemnation of gays, saying they deserve punishment because homosexuality is criminal and it

World Bank postpones Uganda loan over anti-gay law

YoopyaFeb 28, 2014September 30, 20230

(Reuters) – The World Bank on Thursday postponed a $90 million loan to Uganda’s health system over a law that toughened punishment for gays, an

Uganda’s Museveni to sign anti-gay bill, defying donors, Washington

YoopyaFeb 24, 2014September 30, 20230

(Reuters) – Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni will sign an anti-homosexuality bill into law on Monday, the government said, defying protests from Western donors and U.S.