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By Alexander Luyima | The Hoima Post KAMPALA, Uganda — The Ugandan government is moving swiftly to pass the Protection of Sovereignty Bill 2025, a sweeping piece of legislation that officials say will shield the country from foreign interference. However, critics warn the bill could significantly restrict civic space, target the diaspora, and further erode democratic freedoms.The proposed law comes …

Penalties for gay sex are doubled; prison for ‘promoting’ homosexuality Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye The president of Senegal has given the green light to a highly contentious anti-LGBTQ bill that  significantly stiffens the penalties for same-sex relations, doubling the maximum prison sentence to 10 years. The newly enacted law also criminalizes any actions considered to be attempts to “promote” …

COMMENTARY: In Ghana, he vows to sign cruel anti-LGBTQ bill. In the U.S., he’s evasive. President John Dramani Mahama speaks at Temple University Center for Anti-Racism on March 27. (Click the image to see video of his remarks, courtesy of Rightify Ghana)   By Melanie Nathan President John Dramani Mahama has presented two faces to the world: One tailored for …

Kampala– The Judiciary has supported the Magistrates Courts Amendment Bill, 2026, arguing that increasing the civil jurisdiction of Chief Magistrates and Magistrates would significantly reduce the case backlog currently burdening the High Court. Her worship Pamela Ocaya Lamunu, the Acting Chief Registrar. In a written presentation to Parliament’s Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, Acting Chief Registrar Lamunu Pamella Ocaya said …

Kazakhstan Senate stalls bill that lower house approved unanimously. Almaty, the largest city in Kazakhstant (Photo courtesy of Expedia.com) An anti-LGBTQ+ bill has stalled in Kazakhstan, but apparently not because Kazakh legislators are concerned about LGBTQ+ rights. The bill had unanimously passed the lower chamber of parliament on Nov. 12, but the Senate announced the bill had been postponed “indefinitely” …

Fresh details have emerged in the heartbreaking case of the Greenhill Primary (Buwate) pupil Augustine Kizito who died three weeks after a mysterious fall at school. The family has now reportedly been handed a revised medical bill of Sh80 million from TMR International Hospital, down from the earlier reported Sh150m. According to relatives, the bill was first adjusted to Sh100m …

A Primary Seven pupil at Greenhill School (Buwate) has died, three weeks after sustaining severe injuries in a suspected suicide incident that occurred at the school last month. Augustine Kizito, 12, reportedly fell from the second floor of a classroom block shortly after leaving his class at around 4:03 pm on October 22, 2025. CCTV footage captured him standing from …

Opponents of the refiled bill call it unconstitutional, discriminatory and expensive   Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga (Photo courtesy of Ghana Web) Anti-gay politicians in Ghana revealed this week that they were confused about the status of the harsh Anti-LGBTQ Bill that parliament passed last year, only to see it expire without a presidential signature. A group of politicans had said …

By Robert Segawa Kiira Police Division, in collaboration with the Professional Standards Unit (PSU), has launched an investigation into an incident in which a police officer in civilian attire was caught on CCTV assaulting a supermarket attendant at the Shell Select Shop in Kyanja, Kiira Town Council. According to police spokesperson Kituuma Rusoke, the suspect has been identified as Assistant …