World May 29 Uganda’s new anti-gay legislation includes death sentence in some cases This version doesn't criminalize those who identify as LGBTQ, still prescribes the death penalty for cases of sexual relations involving people infected with HIV, as well as with minors and other categories of vulnerable people.
World Mar 22 UN rights chief calls Uganda anti-gay bill ‘deeply troubling’ The U.N.'s top human rights official is urging Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to block an anti-LGBTQ bill that prescribes harsh penalties for some homosexual offenses, including death and life imprisonment.
World Dec 16 While Africa’s sports betting industry grows, many worry about who will lose In at least five African countries, gamblers and experts said that many see the growing sports betting industry as a source of regular income, and a hope out of leaving poverty.
World Nov 27 Kidnappings, looting reported in Ethiopia’s Tigray region in weeks after truce Allies of Ethiopia’s federal military are looting property and carrying out mass detentions in Tigray, according to eyewitnesses and aid workers, raising fresh concern about alleged atrocities more than three weeks after the warring parties signed a truce.
World Sep 11 ‘I cannot mourn’: Former colonies conflicted over Queen Elizabeth II’s death Upon taking the throne in 1952, Queen Elizabeth II inherited millions of subjects around the world, many of them unwilling. Today, in the British Empire's former colonies, her death brings complicated feelings, including anger.
World Apr 06 Rights groups charge Ethiopia with ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Tigray region Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International charge in a new report that widespread abuses against civilians in the western part of Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
World Jan 10 World’s longest education lockdown ends as Uganda’s schools reopen Uganda's schools reopened their gates to students on Monday, ending the longest school disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic anywhere in the world.
World Nov 16 Explosions rock Uganda’s capital, Kampala, killing at least 3 The explosions caused chaos in Kampala as terrified residents fled the city’s center. A police spokesman blamed the bomb blasts on an extremist group known as the Allied Democratic Forces.
Politics Nov 02 Africa presses for more climate support at COP26 The head of the African Union, Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi, said the continent needs the world to contribute $12.5 billion of the $25 billion it needs to accelerate an adaptation program over the next five years.
World May 04 Ethiopia ‘at a crossroads’ amid spiraling ethnic conflict Six months have passed since the government launched a military operation in the Tigray region to capture its fugitive leaders. Widespread atrocities are reported and thousands have been killed.