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Sep 05

Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei dies after being severely burned by her partner

By Evelyne Musambi, Associated Press

hospital official confirmed her death on Thursday. Police say Cheptegei's partner, Dickson Ndiema, bought a can of gasoline, poured it on her and set her ablaze during a disagreement Sunday.

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Aug 11

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News Wrap: Trump campaign claims it was hacked by ‘foreign sources hostile to the U.S.’

In our news wrap Sunday, the Trump campaign pointed toward Iran after claiming it was hacked, Israeli military searches for gunmen behind a shooting in the occupied West Bank, families identify loved ones from the Brazil plane crash, rescue teams…

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Aug 11

Landfill collapse in Uganda’s capital after heavy rain leaves at least 18 people dead

By Rodney Muhumuza, Associated Press

The Kiteezi landfill is on a steep slope in an impoverished part of the city. Women and children who scavenge plastic waste for income frequently gather there, and some homes have been built close to the landfill.

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Apr 04

Gay rights activists call for more international pressure on Uganda over anti-LGBTQ law

By Risdel Kasasira, Associated Press

Ugandan gay rights activists asked the international community to mount more pressure on the government of Uganda to repeal an anti-gay law which the country's Constitutional Court refused to nullify on Wednesday.

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Apr 03

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

By Risdel Kasasira, Associated Press

President Yoweri Museveni signed the bill into law in May last year, and it has been widely condemned by rights activists and others abroad.

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Feb 28

ICC awards reparations of $56 million to victims of convicted Ugandan rebel commander

By Mike Corder, Associated Press

Judges at the International Criminal Court on Wednesday granted reparations of more than 52 million euros ($56 million) to thousands of victims of a convicted commander in the shadowy Ugandan rebel group the Lord's Resistance Army.

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Jan 28

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LGBTQ+ Ugandans fight for survival, civil rights under country’s anti-gay law

By Ali Rogin, Harry Zahn, Satvi Sunkara, Winston Wilde

Uganda’s constitutional court is expected to rule soon on a law that threatens fines, life imprisonment and even death for being gay. Ugandan civil rights groups challenged the Anti-Homosexuality Act in December amid international pressure to repeal the law. Ali…

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Jan 01

2 men arrested in connection with Ugandan Olympic runner’s killing in Kenya, police say

By Tom Odula, Associated Press

Police say two men have been arrested in connection with the killing of Ugandan Oympic runner Benjamin Kiplagat, who was found fatally stabbed in a car in Kenya on New Year's Eve.

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Jun 17

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News Wrap: Biden speaks in Philadelphia at his 1st major 2024 campaign rally

In our news wrap Saturday, Biden held the first big rally of his reelection campaign in Philadelphia, Secretary of State Blinken is visiting China for talks aimed at easing tensions, at least 41 people died in an attack on a…

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Jun 17

African leaders meet with Putin in Russia after Ukraine trip, urge end to war

By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday met with a group of leaders of African countries who traveled to Russia on a self-styled “peace mission” the day after they went to Ukraine.

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