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LGBTQ voters keep up the pressure from Thailand to Slovenia  A drag queen raising a placard saying “Gay Rights” in Bucharest Pride, with the Romanian Palace of Parliament seen behind. (Claudiu Popescu photo from Outright International’s report “Queering Democracy: The Global Elections in 2024 and How LGBTIQ People Fared”) In recognition of May 17’s International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexphobia, …

The police in Kween district in northern Uganda have arrested a woman accused of burying her newborn baby alive shortly after giving birth on Monday evening. The incident occurred in Kapkureri ward, Kapnarok town council in Kween district. Fredmark Chesang, Sipi regional police spokesperson, identified the suspect as Agnes Cheptoyek. Chesang said Cheptoyek allegedly delivered the baby successfully at home …

Anita Among arrested for corruption, not for her human rights abuses Anita Among and President Yoweri Museveni in happier times. (Photo courtesy of The Monitor)Uganda’s outgoing speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, is currently under house arrest with her husband Moses Magogo. Following a directive from President Yoweri Museveni, the couple is being investigated for corruption, abuse of office, illicit enrichment …

Anita Among arrested for corruption, not for her human rights abuses Anita Among and President Yoweri Museveni in happier times. (Photo courtesy of The Monitor) Uganda’s outgoing speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, is currently under house arrest with her husband Moses Magogo. Following a directive from President Yoweri Museveni, the couple is being investigated for corruption, abuse of office, illicit …

× Jacob Marksons Oboth-Oboth is the new Speaker of Uganda’s 12th Parliament. Oboth-Oboth, who was endorsed by the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party, emerged as the winner after securing 441 of the 519 votes that were counted. He beat National Unity Platform’s Paul Mwiru, who got 60 votes, and Democratic Party president Norbert Mao, who got 15. Who is …

× Nick Vujic is an internationally renowned motivational speaker and evangelist from Australia. He was born without arms or legs due to Tetra-Amelia syndrome, a rare condition that causes the absence of all four limbs. When Nick was born, his parents were shocked. His mother couldn’t bring herself to hold him at first, and his father was overwhelmed with grief …

× Police have arrested four people for allegedly scamming a South African national of Shs388 million in a fake gold deal. Reports indicate that the four suspects – Edson Ogwang, Joseph Karumba, and Jacob Opio – including Ronald Safari, a Congolese, tricked a South African man, Attlee Shaun Robert Lloyd, out of $103,050 (about Shs388 million) by pretending to sell …

President Yoweri Museveni has sharply rebuked veteran journalist Andrew Mwenda in an unusually direct public statement, defending his support for Ugandan scientists Dr Matthias Magoola and David Ssenfuka. Museveni accused Mwenda of attacking government-backed innovation without verifying the facts on the ground. The exchange began after Mwenda criticised Museveni over his continued backing of Dr Magoola and Ssenfuka’s work and …

Uganda President Museveni If I were to pose a question, who is the greatest African statesman? There would definitely be multiple nominees, such as Nelson Mandela, Julius Nyerere, Kwame Nkrumah, Thomas Sankara, and Sir. Ketumire Masile, to mention a few, but that would be to steadfastly ignore the elephant in the room, the enormous achievements of those other great men …

New Kampala city lord mayor, Ronald Balimwezo, has appointed Lubaga II councillor Faridah Nakabugo as his deputy lord mayor. Nakabugo was elected on the National Unity Platform (NUP) ticket and has also been appointed secretary for administration and human resources, placing her at the core of the city’s internal management and staffing system. On Monday, Balimwezo unveiled a four-member executive …