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FILE - Kenyan gays and lesbians and others supporting their cause wear masks to preserve their anonymity as they stage a rare protest against Uganda's tough stance against homosexuality and in solidarity with their counterparts there, outside the Uganda High Commission in Nairobi, Kenya on Feb. 10, 2014. Ugandan lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday, March 21, 2023 prescribing jail terms of up to 10 years for offenses related to same-sex relations, responding to popular sentiment but piling more pressure on the East African country's LGBTQ community. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Uganda LGBTQ leader says gay bill threatens homelessness

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

FILE - A Ugandan man is seen during the third Annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride celebrations in Entebbe, Uganda on Aug. 9, 2014. Ugandan lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday, March 21, 2023 prescribing jail terms of up to 10 years for offenses related to same-sex relations, responding to popular sentiment but piling more pressure on the East African country's LGBTQ community. (AP Photo/Rebecca Vassie, File)

‘Deeply troubling’: UN rights chief on Uganda anti-gay bill

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

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American couple accused of trafficking, torturing Ugandan foster child could face death penalty

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

FILE - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni attends the state funeral of Kenya's former president Daniel Arap Moi in Nairobi, Kenya on Feb. 11, 2020. Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni fired his son Muhoozi Kainerugaba as commander of the nation's infantry forces Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022 after the son tweeted an unprovoked threat to capture the capital of neighboring Kenya, drawing widespread concern in East Africa. (AP Photo/John Muchucha, File)

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni offers brilliant advice

By Tim Constantine

Doctors wearing protective equipment pray together before they visit a patient who was in contact with an Ebola victim, in the isolation section of Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital in Entebbe, Uganda on Oct. 20, 2022. Six schoolchildren in Uganda's capital Kampala have tested positive for Ebola, the health minister said Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, marking a serious escalation of the outbreak declared just over a month ago. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda, File)

Ebola infects 6 schoolkids in Uganda as contagion fear grows

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

A medical attendant disinfects the rubber boots of a medical officer before leaving the Ebola isolation section of Mubende Regional Referral Hospital, in Mubende, Uganda Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. In this remote Ugandan community facing its first Ebola outbreak, testing trouble has added to the challenges with symptoms of the Sudan strain of Ebola now circulating being similar to malaria, underscoring the pitfalls health workers face in their response. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)

U.S. to begin screening travelers coming from Uganda for Ebola

By Zeke Miller - Associated Press

Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health Diana Atwine, center, confirms a case of Ebola in the country, at a press conference in Kampala, Uganda Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. Ugandan health authorities on Tuesday reported that a man who died a day earlier had tested positive for the virus that causes Ebola and referred to a potential new outbreak. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)

Uganda declares outbreak of Sudan type of Ebola

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

The Rwandan capital of Kigali is seen from one of the overlooking hills on April 6, 2014. Expectations are high in Rwanda as the East African nation prepares to host the Commonwealth Heads of Government Summit in June 2022. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

As Prince Charles anchors Commonwealth, challenges ahead

By Rodney Muhumuza and Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Ugandans queue to receive Pfizer coronavirus vaccinations at the Kiswa Health Centre III in the Bugolobi neighborhood of Kampala, Uganda Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. In the latest Senate package targeted at stopping the coronavirus, U.S. lawmakers dropped nearly all funding for curbing the virus beyond its borders, in a move many health experts describe as dangerously short-sighted. They warn the suspension of COVID aid for poorer countries could ultimately spur the kind of unchecked transmission needed for the next worrisome variant to emerge. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda, File)

Experts say U.S. suspension of COVID aid will prolong pandemic

By Maria Cheng and Chris Megerian - Associated Press

Security forces and forensics officers examine the scene of a blast on a street near the parliamentary building in Kampala, Uganda, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021. Two loud explosions rocked Uganda's capital, Kampala, early Tuesday, sparking chaos and confusion as people fled what is widely believed to be coordinated attacks. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)

2 explosions rock Uganda’s capital, Kampala, injuring 24

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

Government of Uganda Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

U.S. criticism of Africa’s human rights is full of contradictions

By Wes Martin

In Uganda, remote islands test delivery of COVID-19 vaccines

Associated Press

Government of Uganda Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Recognizing that stability and democracy go hand-in-hand in Uganda

By Sam Kutesa

US puts visa restrictions on Uganda, saying vote was flawed

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

With key deals, Uganda’s nascent oil sector nears maturity

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

In this March 5, 2021, file photo, a hospital security guard receives one of the country's first coronavirus vaccinations using AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine provided through the global COVAX initiative, at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. The suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccine in several European countries could fuel skepticism about the shot far beyond their shores, potentially threatening the rollout of a vaccine that is key to the global strategy to stamp out the coronavirus pandemic, especially in developing nations. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Europe pause of AstraZeneca sends ripple of doubt elsewhere

By Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press

Facing critics, Total to minimize oil work in Uganda park

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021 file photo, Ugandans wait to cast their votes for the presidential election in Kampala, Uganda. Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021 released a list of 243 people who have allegedly been abducted by the security forces, piling pressure on the government to find those missing amid continuing political tensions after last month's elections. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

Allegations of abductions grip Uganda after tense elections

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

Uganda eases social media curbs, but Facebook still off

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2021, file photo, demonstrators flash a three-fingered symbol of resistance against the military coup and shout slogans calling for the release of detained Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest in Mandalay, Myanmar. When army generals in Myanmar staged a coup last week, they briefly cut internet access in an apparent attempt to stymie protests. Around the world, shutting down the internet has become an increasingly popular tactic by repressive and authoritarian regimes and some illiberal democracies. (AP Photo, File)

Digital siege: Internet cuts become favored tool of regimes

By KELVIN CHAN - Associated Press