In the wake of a landslide in Kenya’s Kimende Escarpment, about 66 kilometres from the capital of Nairobi, online posts and publications shared an image of a rescue operation and claimed it showed the disaster. But the image is from Uganda and shows a mudslide that happened more than a decade ago. On May 15, […]
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Ugandan court rejects bid to nullify anti-gay law that provides for the death penalty in some cases
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s constitutional court on Wednesday upheld an anti-gay law that allows the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality.” President Yoweri Museveni signed the bill into law in May last year. The law is supported by many in the East African country but widely condemned by rights activists and others abroad. Activists had […]
Facebook post misleadingly shares old images of Ugandan troops in South Sudan
Amid uncertainties surrounding South Sudan’s first-ever general elections slated for December 2024 and a surge in intercommunal conflict that has left hundreds of civilians dead, posts claiming to show Ugandan troops arriving in the capital of Juba have been shared dozens of times on Facebook. The claim is misleading; the images are old and show […]
Ugandan president promotes his son Muhoozi Kainerugaba to military chief
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, 79, has promoted his son Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba to head the military. The 48-year-old’s promotion comes amid a major cabinet reshuffle in which five ministers were sacked. In power since 1986, Mr Museveni has denied speculation that he is grooming his only son as his successor. Gen Kainerugaba is a controversial […]
Ugandan man behind viral fake East African currency shocked by its success
To the casual observer, it seemed like the long-cherished dream of a new single currency for East Africa had come to fruition. An account on X, called “Government of East Africa”, complete with a grey tick suggesting it was the real deal, released an image of a specimen note worth five sheafras, featuring a coat […]
International Criminal Court to hold first ever in absentia hearing over Ugandan rebel leader Kony
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — International Criminal Court prosecutors will present evidence to back up charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity against notorious fugitive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony at the global court’s first ever in absentia hearing later this year. The court announced Monday it will hold a so-called confirmation of charges […]
Ugandan warlord’s LRA victims awarded share of £56m
Victims of Ugandan warlord Dominic Ongwen have been awarded more than €52m ($56m; £44.5m) by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The order covers almost 50,000 people, including former child soldiers and children born out of rapes and forced marriages. Ongwen was a ruthless rebel commander in the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). He is currently serving […]
Peter Oloya – the Ugandan LRA child soldier who moulded a new future in art
The joy former child soldier Peter Oloya finds in sculpture was first sparked while hunting for clay with his grandmother in northern Uganda – an area that became infamous for the terrifying raids led by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel group. “My grandmother showed me where clay is, what type of clay to be […]
Ugandan climate activists face charges after a month in maximum security jail
Eleven Ugandan climate activists who were allegedly beaten and held arbitrarily in a notorious maximum security prison will appear in court on Wednesday charged with a colonial era anti-dissident offense, as reprisals continue against opponents of an internationally bankrolled oil pipeline. If convicted, the 11 activists, all university students, face up to a year in […]
Two arrested over Ugandan Olympic runner’s killing in Kenya, police say
Two men have been arrested over the killing of Ugandan Olympic runner Benjamim Kiplagat, who was found dead in a car in Kenya on New Year’s Eve, police have said. A knife suspected of being used in the killing of the 34-year-old was found on one of the suspects, Moiben sub county police commander Stephen […]
2 men arrested in connection with Ugandan Olympic runner’s killing in Kenya, police say
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Two men were arrested in connection with the killing of Ugandan Olympic runner Benjamim Kiplagat, who was found fatally stabbed in a car in Kenya on New Year’s Eve, police said Monday. A knife suspected of being used in the killing of the 34-year-old Kiplagat was found on one of the […]