UGANDA: PRESIDENT MUSEVENI UNMOVED BY THREATS TO CUT-OFF WESTERN AID

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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni | File Photo: Courtesy President Museveni says he is unshaken by the West threatening to withdraw aid to Uganda. This comes after he assented to law the Anti-gay Bill which will see anyone deemed to have broken the new law serve a life or death sentence. “If they cut aid, we …

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PRESIDENT MUSEVENI SIGNS INTO LAW THE ANTI-LGBTQIA+ BILL

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Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni | File Photo: Courtesy: Daily Monitor Uganda’s president has signed into law tough new 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, …

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BOLA TINUBU SWORN IN AS NIGERIA’S PRESIDENT, KASHIM SHETTIMA AS VP

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Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu | File Photo: Courtesy Via africanews.com Nigeria’s Bola Tinubu has been sworn in as President of Africa’s most populous country at a period of unprecedented challenges, leaving some citizens hopeful for a better life and others skeptical that his government would perform better than the one he succeeded. The former governor …

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UGANDA: PRESIDENT YOWERI MUSEVENI CALLS FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE ANTI-LGBTQ BILL

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Via africanews.com Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has refused to sign a controversial new anti-homosexuality bill, which carries the death penalty in some cases, and has called for it to be amended. Museveni’s decision was announced late Thursday after a meeting of MPs from his ruling party, almost all of whom support the bill. The meeting …

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