Uganda Archives | Page 3 of 4 | All about Uganda stories

Uganda’s president opposes tough new anti-gay bill

YoopyaJanuary 17, 2014December 3, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 17, 2014December 3, 202303

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s president says he opposes an anti-homosexuality bill recently passed by lawmakers and that abnormal people should not be jailed or...

Africa News World

David Cecil: Uganda ‘drops gay play charges’

YoopyaJanuary 2, 2013January 2, 2013

by YoopyaJanuary 2, 2013January 2, 201301

A court in Uganda has thrown out a case against UK theatre producer David Cecil, who was charged over a play about the condition of...

Africa Health News World

Young Ugandan orphan treated at L.A. burn center

YoopyaDecember 28, 2012April 2, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 28, 2012April 2, 202301508

Adolf Baguma, 11, is able to walk upright for the first time in years, but he still faces months of treatment. Adolf Baguma’s caretakers at...

Africa News World

Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill: MPs drop death penalty

YoopyaNovember 24, 2012

by YoopyaNovember 24, 201200

A committee of Ugandan MPs has endorsed the proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill but dropped the death penalty provision, an MP has told the BBC. MP Medard...

Africa News World

Uganda to withdraw troops from Somalia, says Mukasa

YoopyaNovember 3, 2012

by YoopyaNovember 3, 201202

Uganda will withdraw its forces from UN-backed international missions, Security Minister Muruli Mukasa says, escalating a long-running row. Mr Mukasa said the government had sent...

Africa News World

Exclusive: Rwanda, Uganda arming Congo rebels, providing troops – U.N. panel

YoopyaOctober 17, 2012

by YoopyaOctober 17, 201204

(Reuters) – Rwanda’s defense minister is commanding a rebellion in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that is being armed by Rwanda and Uganda, both of...

Africa Health News World

Uganda says it is now free of deadly Ebola virus

YoopyaOctober 5, 2012

by YoopyaOctober 5, 201205

(Reuters) – Uganda is now free from Ebola, the Health Ministry said, two months after an outbreak of the deadly virus killed at least 16...

Celebrity Entertainment Fashion Lifestyles News

Uganda frees British producer David Cecil over gay play

YoopyaSeptember 17, 2012June 14, 2023

by YoopyaSeptember 17, 2012June 14, 202304

British theatre producer David Cecil has been released on bail in Uganda, where he was charged over a play about the condition of gay people....

Entertainment News

Uganda charges British producer David Cecil over gay play

YoopyaSeptember 14, 2012

by YoopyaSeptember 14, 201209

The authorities in Uganda have charged a British theatre producer, David Cecil, for staging a play about the condition of gay people in the country....

Africa News World

UN wants Africa’s Kony hunters fully equipped by year-end

YoopyaJune 27, 2012

by YoopyaJune 27, 201201

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations wants an African Union force hunting fugitive warlord Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army...