Gay Parade shows solidarity for Uganda homosexuals
Thousands of people have marched through Cape Town Saturday afternoon in the city’s annual Gay Pride Parade.
View ArticleGay Parade shows solidarity for Uganda homosexuals
Thousands of people have marched through Cape Town Saturday afternoon in the city’s annual Gay Pride Parade.
View ArticleWorld Bank’s block of Uganda loan is ‘blackmail’
The World Bank has joined various EU countries in cutting economic ties with Uganda over its anti-gay law, blocking a $90-million loan.
View ArticleAfrica most homophobic continent?
New laws in Nigeria and Uganda, plus reports throughout the continent of extortion, murder, so-called “curative rape” and abuse of LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and intersex) — and their...
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Uganda not our business
Justice Malala is a well-intentioned liberal constitutionalist. That much is evident in his column “SA sees no evil, hears no evil” (yesterday). But Politics 101 states that democracy is a government...
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Zimbabwe’s Mugabe backs Uganda’s anti-gay law
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has thrown his weight behind Uganda’s draconian anti-gay laws and hinted at a crackdown on gays in his own country, state media reported Monday.
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EU backs sanctions on Uganda, Nigeria
The European Parliament has backed sanctions on Uganda and Nigeria in protest at their recent passing of anti-gay laws.
View ArticleAnti-gay law puts Uganda tourism at risk
Uganda could suffer a backlash from tour operators in the West angered by President Yoweri Museveni’s new law against homosexuality.
View ArticleBelafonte: Hit Uganda where it hurts
Harry Belafonte and Mathilde Krim say Uganda’s anti-law sends a population at high risk for HIV/AIDS into the shadows; the U.S. must show its disapproval by redirecting funds
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Uganda warns of Somali Shebab fuel tanker attacks
Uganda warned Tuesday that Somalia’s Al-Qaeda linked Shebab insurgents were planning to use fuel tankers as bombs, one day after Kenya thwarted a “massive” car bomb attack.
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251 Congolese perish in Lake Albert boat disaster
More than 251 Congolese refugees perished in the weekend sinking of a crowded boat on Lake Albert, between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, Kinshasa said Thursday.
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Anti-gay law: Uganda, EU hold talks
Ugandan officials are reportedly holding talks with the European Union over a controversial anti-gay bill signed into law by President Yoweri Museveni last month.
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Uganda counts the costs after anti-gay law fury
Uganda’s tough new anti-gay law prompted stiff criticism and aid cuts by Western donors, and the East African nation is now facing a heavy diplomatic and economic fallout despite its role as a key...
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Glaciers vanish from ‘Africa’s Alps’
Spectacular glaciers in Uganda’s Rwenzori Mountains could be gone within 20 years.
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Secrets of ‘gorilla whisperer’
Zain Verjee visits Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park — the home of half of the world’s endangered mountain gorilla population.
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Uganda cops raid US AIDS project for helping gays
Ugandan police raided the offices of a United States-funded project known to offer AIDS services to homosexuals, a government spokesman said.
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SA respects Uganda’s anti-gay laws – Zuma
President Jacob Zuma says South Africa respects Uganda’s anti-homosexual laws.
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South Africa respects Uganda anti-gay laws: Zuma
South Africa respects Uganda’s anti-homosexual laws, President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday.
View ArticleFirst gay trial under new laws starts in Uganda
A couple arrested in January are the first homosexuals to be prosecuted since President Yoweri Museveni passed stringent new anti-gay laws.
View ArticleUgandan anti-gay law sparks ‘surge in human rights violations’– report
Human rights NGOs have released a report showing the impact of Uganda’s controversial law on the wellbeing of homosexual people in the country.
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