Tag: #Uganda
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Uganda’s president signs into law anti-LGBT legislation
Uganda’s president has signed into law anti-gay legislation supported by many in this East African country but widely condemned by rights activists and others abroad. The version of the bill signed by President Yoweri Museveni doesn’t criminalize those who identify as LGBTQ+, a key concern for some rights campaigners who condemned an earlier draft of…
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Uganda loses its only international airport to China for failing to repay loan
Uganda lost its only international airport, the Entebbe International Airport, to China for failing to repay a loan, reports have said
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Troubling news for Olympic fans as pandemic continues
Troubling news surfaces from Tokyo’s Olympic village, as COVID-19 continues to spread. Amidst the spread of COVID-19, the Olympic village has confirmed the presence of a delta variant of coronavirus in one of the members of Uganda’s Olympic team. The Life & Death of the Abraaj Group Meanwhile, the athlete has been detained with an…
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105th International Intensive Training Programme Concludes
Lahore, March 07 (PRESS RELEASE): Auditor General Office concludes three weeks virtual 105th International Intensive Training programme. Irish novelist Edna O’Brien granted France’s highest cultural award BJP tried to ‘intrude’ in neighbouring countries through political, religious & ideological means: Global Times PML-Q to support Sanjrani for Senate chairmanship: Tariq Cheema The Directorate General Performance Audit…
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Uganda’s Football Federation President Gives Updates
Kampala, March 3 (AFP/APP): Uganda’s football federation (FUFA) president said Wednesday that national coach Johnathan McKinstry had been stood aside for the rest of March as the Cranes suffer a form slump. FUFA boss Moses Magogo told AFP that McKinstry, a Northern Irishman retained in 2019 on a three-year contract, had been suspended to allow assistant coaches and…
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Ugandan opposition leader drops challenge to election loss
Kampala, Feb 22 (AFP/APP):Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine announced Monday he was abandoning a legal bid to overturn the results of last month’s presidential election, accusing the judiciary of favouring veteran ruler Yoweri Museveni. The 76-year-old former rebel leader won a sixth term in office on January 14 with 58 percent of the vote. Wine,…
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Ugandan soldiers jailed for assaulting journalists
Kampala, Feb 18 (AFP/APP):Four Ugandan soldiers were handed prison sentences of up to three months by a military court on Thursday for taking part in the brutal beating of local journalists covering the country’s opposition leader. The seven injured journalists were covering an effort by opposition leader Bobi Wine to file a petition on Wednesday…
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Uganda’s brutal Lord’s Resistance Army, past and present
Uganda’s Lord’s Resistance Army has terrorised central Africa for 35 years
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Ugandan opposition leader files election challenge in court
Bobi Wine’s lawyer filed a challenge in the Supreme Court against President Yoweri Museveni’s victory in last month’s election
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Social Media and Messaging Applications Shutdown in Uganda before the Elections
Kampala, Jan 12 (AFP/APP): Uganda’s communications regulator on Tuesday ordered internet service providers to shut down social media and messaging applications, just two days before elections. In a letter seen by AFP, Uganda Communications Commission executive director Irene Sewankambo ordered telecommunications companies to “immediately suspend any access and use” of social media and online messaging…