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The panel of five judges of the Constitutional Court led by the country's chief justice, Richard Buteera, in Kampala, Uganda, Wednesday, April 3, 2024, gives its seal of approval on the anti-homosexuality law, declaring that the Anti Homosexuality Act of 2023 complies with the Constitution of Uganda.(AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda )

Ugandan court rejects bid to nullify anti-gay law that provides for the death penalty in some cases

By Risdel Kasasira - Associated Press

Lilian Nabulime carving wood into a wooden sculpture piece at her workshop in Kyanja, a suburb in Kampala City, Wednesday Nov. 29 2023.. Lilian Nabulime hasn't forgotten the time in the 1990s when the Ugandan capital had just one commercial art gallery, a small space that emerging artists struggled to get into. Now there are at least six in Kampala, including one whose curators recently exhibited the sculptor's contrarian work. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda.)

A vibrant art scene in Uganda mirrors African boom as more collectors show interest

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

This undated file photo shows Uganda's then President Idi Amin Dada. Amin, who took power by force in Uganda in 1971 and ruled until he was removed by armed groups of exiles in 1979, died in Saudi Arabia in 2003. His passing was barely acknowledged in Uganda, and some of Amin's supporters over the years have unsuccessfully lobbied for his remains to be returned home, underscoring his tainted legacy. (AP Photo, File)

A contest erupts in Uganda over the tainted legacy of late dictator Idi Amin

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

FILE - John Gafabusa, custodian of the Mutyona natural sacred site near Buliisa, Uganda, points at a water covered sacred site on Lake Albert at the Karakaba landing site, on Aug. 3, 2023. The French oil company TotalEnergies is failing to protect the sanctity of hundreds of graves in a controversial project that aims to build a heated pipeline from oil fields in Uganda to a port in Tanzania, according to a new report by a New York-based climate watchdog. (AP Photo/Hajarah Natwadda, File)

A TotalEnergies pipeline project in East Africa is disturbing community graves, watchdog says

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni attends the state funeral of Kenya's former president Daniel Arap Moi in Nairobi, Kenya on Feb. 11, 2020. Human rights violations including extrajudicial killings in Uganda in recent years have raised the concern of a panel of United Nations experts. Uganda's security forces face growing allegations of brutality in their encounters with perceived opponents of the government of President Yoweri Museveni. (AP Photo/John Muchucha, File)

U.N. panel says it’s concerned about human rights violations in Uganda in recent years

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, left, and Kenya's President William Ruto, right, give a joint press conference after meeting at State House in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Iran's president has begun a rare visit to Africa as the country, which is under heavy U.S. economic sanctions, seeks to deepen partnerships around the world. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)

Iran’s president begins a rare visit to Africa to ‘promote economic diplomacy’

By Cara Anna - Associated Press

A gay Ugandan man covers himself with a pride flag as he poses for a photograph in Uganda on March 25, 2023. Washington is imposing visa restrictions for some targeted Ugandans accused of "undermining the democratic process" after the enactment of an anti-gay law in the East African country, a statement said Friday, June 16, 2023. (AP Photo, File)

U.S. imposes visa restrictions for some Ugandans following adoption of anti-gay law

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A gay Ugandan couple cover themselves with a pride flag as they pose for a photograph in Uganda on March 25, 2023. Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has signed into law tough new anti-gay legislation supported by many in the country but widely condemned by rights activists and others abroad, it was announced Monday, May 29, 2023. (AP Photo, File)

Uganda’s president signs into law tough anti-gay legislation with death penalty in some cases

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

The body of a bodyguard is put into an ambulance by Ugandan medical staff in Kyanja village, Kampala, Tuesday May 2, 2023. A bodyguard shot and killed a government minister in Uganda early Tuesday in an apparent private dispute, according to the army and local media. The attacker, who has not been publicly identified, then turned the gun on himself, according to state broadcaster UBC and others. (AP Photo/Ajar Nalwadda)

Media: Ugandan minister shot and killed by bodyguard

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema speaks during their picket against Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill at the Ugandan High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Uganda's legislature last week passed the anti-homosexuality bill. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

South African opposition protests Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ bill

By Mogomotsi Magome - Associated Press

FILE - Kenyan gays and lesbians and others supporting their cause wear masks to preserve their anonymity as they stage a rare protest against Uganda's tough stance against homosexuality and in solidarity with their counterparts there, outside the Uganda High Commission in Nairobi, Kenya on Feb. 10, 2014. Ugandan lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday, March 21, 2023 prescribing jail terms of up to 10 years for offenses related to same-sex relations, responding to popular sentiment but piling more pressure on the East African country's LGBTQ community. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Uganda LGBTQ leader says gay bill threatens homelessness

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

FILE - A Ugandan man is seen during the third Annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride celebrations in Entebbe, Uganda on Aug. 9, 2014. Ugandan lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday, March 21, 2023 prescribing jail terms of up to 10 years for offenses related to same-sex relations, responding to popular sentiment but piling more pressure on the East African country's LGBTQ community. (AP Photo/Rebecca Vassie, File)

‘Deeply troubling’: UN rights chief on Uganda anti-gay bill

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

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American couple accused of trafficking, torturing Ugandan foster child could face death penalty

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

FILE - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni attends the state funeral of Kenya's former president Daniel Arap Moi in Nairobi, Kenya on Feb. 11, 2020. Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni fired his son Muhoozi Kainerugaba as commander of the nation's infantry forces Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022 after the son tweeted an unprovoked threat to capture the capital of neighboring Kenya, drawing widespread concern in East Africa. (AP Photo/John Muchucha, File)

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni offers brilliant advice

By Tim Constantine

Doctors wearing protective equipment pray together before they visit a patient who was in contact with an Ebola victim, in the isolation section of Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital in Entebbe, Uganda on Oct. 20, 2022. Six schoolchildren in Uganda's capital Kampala have tested positive for Ebola, the health minister said Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, marking a serious escalation of the outbreak declared just over a month ago. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda, File)

Ebola infects 6 schoolkids in Uganda as contagion fear grows

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press