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Aids cuts, loan delays hit Uganda’s economy, poor health sector
KAMPALA, Uganda — The health project in Uganda for which the World Bank is delaying a loan does not face an immediate shortage of money, an official said Friday, allaying concerns that work to improve maternal and child health services could stall because of the country’s new anti-gay law.
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World Bank delays $90 million loan to Uganda over anti-gay law
WASHINGTON — The World Bank has postponed a $90 million loan to Uganda over its anti-gay law that has drawn widespread criticism from Western governments, the United Nations and rights groups.
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Kerry: U.S. launching new effort to combat anti-gay laws worldwide
WASHINGTON — Troubled by an anti-gay movement in Uganda and across much of the world, the U.S. is launching a new effort to combat what Secretary of State John Kerry described Wednesday as a threat to human rights.
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Zambia human rights activist acquitted after pro-gay remarks
JOHANNESBURG — Legal activists say a Zambian human rights worker has been acquitted in a Lusaka court of charges related to comments he made in support of the rights of gay people.
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Uganda health minister: Gays will not be denied medical care
Now that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has signed a new law imposing harsh sentences for gay sex, life is expected to become even more difficult for the country’s homosexuals, including getting health care. The Ugandan government has issued assurances that health workers will not discriminate against homosexuals, but some gays say they are not confident about that.
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UN chief demands repeal of Uganda law, Netherlands freezes aid subsidy
WASHINGTON — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday demanded that Uganda revise or repeal the law imposing prison sentences for the “crime” of homosexuality, adding to the growing international criticism of the measure signed by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Monday.
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Uganda tabloid prints list of ‘top’ homosexuals
KAMPALA, Uganda — A Ugandan newspaper published a list Tuesday of what it called the country’s “200 top” homosexuals, outing some Ugandans who previously had not identified themselves as gay one day after the president enacted a harsh anti-gay law.
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White House: U.S. reviewing relations with Uganda due to anti-gay law
WASHINGTON — The White House says the United States is reviewing its relationship with Uganda because of the African nation’s new anti-gay law.
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Uganda president calls gays ‘disgusting’ in interview after signing anti-gay law
Just hours after signing a harsh anti-gay law that punishes gay sex with up to life in prison, Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni called gays “disgusting” in an interview with CNN.
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Kerry: ‘A tragic day for Uganda, all who care about the cause of human rights’
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secreatry of State John Kerry and the White House issued statements Monday denouncing Uganda president Yoweri Museveni’s signing of a controversial anti-gay bill that calls for harsh penalties, including 14 years in jail for first-time offenders, and life imprisonment as the maximum penalty for, among other offenses, homosexual behavior.