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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Proposed legislation would impose the death penalty for some gay Ugandans, and their family and friends could face up to seven years in jail if they fail to report them to authorities. Even landlords could be imprisoned for renting to homosexuals.
Uganda may lose the chance of hosting a major AIDS research institution if it passes an anti-homosexual bill that seeks to significantly curtail gay rights, a UN official said Monday.
( Public Library of Science ) The northwards spread of human Rhodesian sleeping sickness in Uganda is likely due to the movement of infected livestock, according to new findings from an interdisciplinary research group including members from the Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh; the Ministry of Health, Uganda; and the Universities of Oxford and Southampton.
While revelations concerning the role that American conservatives played in spawning Uganda’s “anti-homosexuality bill” have focused largely on Rick Warren, the pastor at California’s Saddleback Church, and groups that offer a purported cures for homosexuality, many US right-wing organizations are promoting their ideology in Uganda and across Africa.
KAMPALA, Uganda - Uganda's parliament has approved a bill banning female genital mutilation. Minister of Ethics and Integrity James Nsaba Buturo said that the new...
KAMPALA, Uganda, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Female genital mutilation has been outlawed in Uganda under a bill passed unanimously by the Parliament, lawmakers said.
After weeks of intense pressure from Episcopal gay rights groups, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has condemned the "shocking severity" of proposed anti-gay laws in Uganda.
The archbishop of Canterbury spoke against the harsh antigay bill pending in Uganda.
Orange Uganda has become the first mobile provider to bring the iPhone to the country.
SIRAKANO, Uganda — At age 45, after giving birth to 13 children in her village of thatch roofs and bare feet, Beatrice Adongo made a discovery that startled her: birth control.
Group called, "Speak out against Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009" reaches 10,000 members.
KOMARET, Uganda, 14 December 2009 – It's just after dawn in Uganda's northeastern Moroto District. Although it's still quite early, queues of children are flocking into the Namatwae Alternative Basic Education for Karamoja (ABEK) centre.
While addressing a room full of students at Georgetown University, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took the opportunity to speak out against Uganda's antihomosexuality bill.
The death penalty has not and will not be dropped from the proposed antigay Uganda bill despite a report to the contrary last week by Bloomberg News, The Guardian is reporting.
Protesters called on the worldwide community to take action against Uganda Thursday as the African nation considers stricter laws against homosexuality.
LAKE FOREST, Calif. (BP)--A proposed law in Uganda that would require execution of some homosexuals has been condemned by California mega-church pastor Rick Warren.
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