Uganda

'Call Me Kuchu,' 'God Loves Uganda' shed light on gay-rights fight

2013-06-16 06:00:00

As the same-sex marriage debate continues throughout the U.S., another front in the battle over gay rights has emerged thousands of miles away in the East African nation of Uganda, where in 2009 a bill was drafted that would impose the death penalty for...

Ugandan government claims victory in standoff with press

2013-05-30 12:52:00

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- What happens when the president doesn't like what the media say? Uganda just found that out, when two newspapers that published a letter from a general attacking President Yoweri Museveni's increasingly autocratic...

Uganda priest ostracized for publicizing sexual abuse

2013-05-04 18:10:00

KAMPALA, Uganda — He is a celebrity across eastern and central Africa, a gospel music star known to many as the "Dancing Priest." But for years he also was a keeper of painful secrets — his own and many others'. In going public, Anthony...

Uganda widow wins compensation after fight

2013-04-29 18:06:00

KASANA, Uganda — When Joyce Birabwa's husband was killed in a suicide bomb attack in Mogadishu, 1,000 miles away, her whole world fell apart. Left to raise two children alone, Birabwa barely had time to grieve before discovering her in-laws had...

Letters: Questioning circumcision

2013-04-18 00:00:00

Re "Circumcision study supports HIV theory," April 16 The article reports that male circumcision successfully reduced the risk of HIV infection in Ugandan men who participated in a study. There are myriad reasons why Uganda, a developing country, has...

Uganda skirts the issue

2013-04-14 00:00:00

A bill before Parliament in Uganda would prohibit women from wearing miniskirts in public. The government's ethics minister, Simon Lokodo, has taken the lead in defending it. "Anything above the knee is outlawed," he said. "If a woman wears a miniskirt,...

Coup thwarts search for Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony

2013-04-03 10:14:00

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Uganda's military has suspended its hunt for notorious warlord Joseph Kony after rebels toppled the president of the Central African Republic last month. Kony, indicted by the International Criminal Court on charges of...

Foreign government offices

2013-02-17 00:00:00

For tourist information about foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. Several no longer list phone numbers, so information is available only through their websites. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at...

After surgeries at L.A. burn center, Ugandan orphan walks again

2012-12-27 07:43:29

Ebola outbreak coming to an end in Uganda, continues in Congo

2012-09-03 10:53:27

Beijing car crash opens door to another scandal in China

2012-09-03 13:03:42

'Kony 2012' makers launch new video aimed at African warlord

2012-10-08 08:52:53

Ugandan police in Kampala on Tuesday use tear gas to disperse protesting journalists outside the Daily Monitor and Red Pepper newspapers, which were closed May 20 by police.

2013-05-28 00:00:00

Punished for wearing a miniskirt? That's what would happen to women in Uganda if a bill before Parliament in Uganda passes.

2013-03-06 00:00:00

A street preacher in Kampala, Uganda, is pictured in the documentary God Loves Uganda by Easton native Roger Ross Williams.

2013-01-15 12:20:31