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NORTH KOREA: Schoolchildren & other people being executed for watching Squid Game and other foreign media 

Additional reporting - Sky News. People in North Korea, including schoolchildren, are being executed for watching Squid Game and other foreign media, according to new testimony. Amnesty International has revealed the...

STILL MISSING: ABDUCTED NUP VP WESTERN UGANDA JOLLY JACKLYN TUKAMUSHABA’S FAMILY WORRIED & STRUGGLING

Ashaba Patricia,the first born of Jackline Tukamushaba - NUP Vice President Western Uganda and Rukiga district Woman MP...

Uganda expels 3rd French journalist during election period

By Reporters Without Borders-RSF.  RSF firmly condemns the series of expulsions targeting French journalists around Uganda’s presidential election,...

CDF & First Son Muhoozi Kainerugaba: We have so far killed 30 opposition supporters,over 2000 arrested 

The head of the Ugandan army and son of newly re-elected President Yoweri Museveni, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba on...

Blood & Ballots in Uganda: Powerful Leaders including Speaker Anita Among Implicated

Uganda continues to grapple with serious setbacks hindering democracy countrywide, as citizens head to the polls to elect...

US FORMALLY REMOVES UGANDA FROM AFRICAN GROWTH & OPPORTUNITY ACT

The United States-U.S. has officially removed Uganda and three other African countries as beneficiaries of the African Growth and Opportunity Act-Agoa, effectively ending Uganda’s...

BURUNDI’S PRESIDENT EVARISTE NDAYISHIMIYE SAYS LGBTQIA+ PEOPLE SHOULD BE PUBLICLY STONED

Burundi's President Évariste Ndayishimiye has said that homosexuals in his country "should be stoned". Responding to a reporter's question on December 29,2023 Mr Ndayishimiye,...

UGANDA’S NEW ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY ACT 2023: 348 MPs FACE U.S. SANCTIONS

348 Ugandan Members of Parliament-MPs and their immediate family members now face travel restrictions to the United States of America for voting in favour...

16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM 2023: Invest to Prevent Violence against Women & Girls

The global 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is a key international moment to call for an end to violence against women and...

UGANDA’S NEW ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY ACT 2023: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CONSOLIDATES PETITIONS & APPLICATIONS

The Constitutional Court of Uganda has this morning, November 28, 2023 consolidated four (4) petitions and nineteen (19) applications filed by various parties challenging...

SameSame (SiyaFanaFana): Creating a Virtual Lifeline for LGBTQI+ Youth in Africa

Credit – Anne Stopper/Mozilla Foundation. WHAT IS SameSame (SiyaFanaFana): SameSame (SiyaFanaFana) is a Mozilla IRL Fund Awardee. We spoke with co-founder Jonathan McKay about using...