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Controversial Ugandan official may get United Nations post
KAMPALA, Uganda — Sam Kutesa became known to many Ugandans after he was ousted as a junior investment minister by lawmakers over charges he abused his office. Now foreign minister, he has been implicated in at least two more scandals since 1999, including allegations that he accepted bribes from foreign companies seeking oil contracts in Uganda.
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South Africa elects country’s first openly gay, black MP
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa has elected the country’s first openly gay, black Member of Parliament (MP). Zakhele Mbhele, 29, was sworn in last week as part of South Africa’s fifth democratic Parliament, and is thought to be the first gay black MP on the African continent.
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New book links U.S. conservatives and African ‘Kill the Gays’ laws
One of the original researchers to expose the ties between U.S. right-wing evangelicals and anti-LGBTQ laws in Uganda and other parts of Africa has released releasing a new book that shows U.S. activists exactly how to stop Americans like Scott Lively and Rick Warren from pushing their hateful beliefs abroad.
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South Africa ends blood donor ban on gay men
PRETORIA, South Africa – South African National Blood Service (SANBS) has dropped a ban that prohibited gay men from donating blood.
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Gambia president threatens to kill asylum seekers who cite anti-gay laws
BANJUL, Gambia — Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh is threatening to kill asylum seekers who cite the country’s anti-gay laws and tarnish his image as a leader, reports African press agency APA.
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Human rights groups report surge in gay rights abuses in Uganda
KAMPALA, Uganda — Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International are reporting a surge in the rights violations of gay people in Uganda following the enactment of a severe anti-gay law.
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Uganda’s president urged to veto ‘flawed’ HIV transmission law
KAMPALA, Uganda — Human rights groups are urging Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni to veto a new measure that they say hurts the fight against HIV and AIDS in the country.
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Two Ugandans go on trial for acts ‘against the order of nature’
KAMPALA, Uganda — A Ugandan court has started hearing the case against two Ugandans accused of engaging in gay sex, the first trial since a severe new anti-homosexuality law was enacted in February.
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Prominent Ugandan gay rights activist asks for U.S. asylum
BOSTON — Fearing prison or even death, an openly gay activist from Uganda is seeking asylum in the United States since his home country toughened criminal punishment against gays.
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Uganda to criminalize intentional HIV transmission
KAMPALA, Uganda — Lawmakers in Uganda are set to pass a bill criminalizing the intentional transmission of the virus that causes AIDS, the latest measure by a government trying to stem the growing number of new infections in this East African country but one which activists fear will be used to further stigmatize people with HIV.