Even as the world takes strides towards inclusivity, Uganda on Tuesday passed a law criminalising identification as LGBTQ. The new law, as per Reuters, gives authorities broad new powers against Ugandans who already face legal discrimination and mob violence.

Identifying as LGBTQ in Uganda can lead to life in jail and even death sentence

People who identify as gay in Uganda risk life in prison after Parliament passed a new bill to crack down on Homosexual activities. It also includes the death penalty in certain cases. That move has drawn various reactions. White House warned members of Uganda’s parliament that sanctions restricting them from doing business with the US could be on the way for those responsible for the passage of the law.

Ugandan anti-Gay bill causes

Uganda's Parliament passes an anti-LGBTQ bill. It awaits the President's approval. The bill includes harsh punishments like life imprisonment and death sentences. The bill is being criticized worldwide. 30 (including Uganda) out of 54 countries of Africa already consider being gay a crime. Human Right activists are highly criticizing the bill.

Uganda parliament passes anti-gay bill criminalizing identifying as LGBTQ

The United States on Wednesday expressed concerns about Uganda's law criminalising identification as LGBTQ and said that it represents one of the most extreme actions taken against the LGBTQ community in the world.

US expresses concern over Uganda's anti-homosexuality law, warns African nation of 'repercussions'

A man in Uganda's capital Kampala has found a unique way to recycle plastics as he attempts to save the world’s second-largest freshwater lake from plastic pollution. Hem Soraya tells you more.

Uganda: A man finds an innovative way to recycle plastic | WION Climate Tracker

Poachers are a huge threat to Uganda's diverse wildlife. But over the past four decades, the country's wildlife population has boomed. Although, more needs to be done to save the declining species.

Wildlife population increases in Uganda

Musa Kasera has so many children he can't remember most of their names. The Ugandan villager is struggling to provide for the vast family which he says includes 12 wives, 102 children and an incredible 578 grandchildren, and now feel enough is enough.

World of Africa: Fathering 102 children is hectic!

At least 21 people were killed and 49 injured after the Nairobi-bound bus they were travelling in crashed near the Ugandan border, the police said on Sunday. The accident occurred on Saturday evening when the bus was crossing the Ugandan border.

21 killed, 49 injured after bus crashes at Kenya-Uganda border

Tragedy amid New Year celebrations in Uganda. At least nine people including a 10 year old boy were killed in a stampede in a shopping mall in the capital Kampala.

WION Fineprint | Uganda: Nine suffocate to death after stampede in shopping mall

At least nine people have died in a stampede at the Freedom City shopping mall in Uganda's capital city Kampala, news agency AFP reported on Sunday citing police.

Uganda: Nine dead in stampede at shopping mall in Kampala during New Year celebrations

Uganda's president has extended a six-week lockdown on two districts at the epicentre of an Ebola outbreak in the nation. Describing the situation as "still fragile", President Yoweri Museveni extended a lockdown on the two central districts of Mubende and Kassandra by 21 days.

Uganda: President Yoweri Museveni extends Ebola lockdown in Mubende and Kassandra by 21 days

A new research has shown that Chimpanzees show each other objects just for the sake of it, akin to humans, to garner attention. The study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences cites the example of a wild adult chimpanzee named 'Fiona' in the Kibale national park of Uganda.

Chimpanzees show objects to others, just like humans to simply grab attention: Study

In Southeastern Uganda where the Nile begins its journey to the Mediterranean, the industrial pollutants are a growing menace. The factories that are located near the river dump their waste directly into Africa's longest river.

Smoke from factories near Nile basin concern fishermen

An Indian businessman was shot dead allegedly by a police constable in Kisoro town of Uganda, local media reported. The deceased was identified as Kuntaj Patel. He was 24.

Indian businessman shot dead by police officer in Uganda

Eleven people lost their lives in school for the blind in Uganda in early hours of Tuesday (October 25). Those dead include mostly children. The fire tore through a dormitory in which pupils were sleeping.

Uganda: 11, including children, die in fire at school for blind

Amid a rise in cases after the Ebola outbreak in Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni imposed a lockdown on two districts on Saturday. Restrictions have been imposed on personal travel, a night curfew has been ordered in the districts, which are at the epicentre of the outbreak.

Ebola outbreak: US sends experimental antibody and antiviral drug to Uganda

Yoweri Museveni, the president of Uganda, announced a lockdown in two districts that are the center of an Ebola outbreak on Saturday (October 15), issued a nighttime curfew, and closed public spaces.

Uganda's president declares lockdown for three weeks over Ebola outbreak 

Amid reports of Ebola outbreak in Uganda, the United States announced on Thursday (October 6) that a tighter screening will be done of people who travelled to the African country, in five designated airports.

Ebola outbreak: US announces tighter screening for Uganda travellers

Uganda's "Tweeting General" Muhoozi Kainerugaba started a diplomatic row with Kenya by claiming his forces could capture Nairobi in a week. The leader has been relieved of his duties, and promoted to a full 5-star general. Priyanka Sharma tells you what's going on between Uganda and Kenya.

WION Fineprint | Uganda's "Tweeting General" both fired and promoted

It's all about Africa's preparedness to fight and control diseases that periodically pop-up. The deadly Ebola virus has re-emerged but governments and health officials are confident that they are better equipped to battle the spread of this new but mild strain.

World of Africa: Ebola outbreak in Uganda

East Africa was thrown into a whirlwind following the announcement by Ugandan health authorities of an Ebola outbreak that also claimed the lives of several people in the country's west of the capital, Kampala. New Uganda Sudan Ebola-virus outbreak means FDA-licensed vaccine for Zaire ebolavirus cannot be used that means that virologists and scientists have to go back to the drawing board and come up with a stronger and more efficient shield to this virus that has been classified as lethally fatal.

World of Africa | Ebola virus re-emerges in Uganda

After three years of COVID hiatus, Uganda's infamous music and dance festival is back. The Nyege Nyege festival was a major hit this year. The extravaganza was hosted on the banks of the Nile river and attracted over 10 thousand of visitors. Here's a report from Kampala.

World of Africa | Return of Uganda's 'immoral' festival

An outbreak of Ebola virus disease has been declared in Uganda, the country's health ministry and the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. The ministry said on Twitter that there had been a confirmed Ebola case in the central Mubende district, a 24-year-old man who showed symptoms and later died.

Ebola outbreak declared in Uganda by WHO

After a prolonged drought, heavy rains have lashed Uganda causing deaths, flooding and destruction of crops. At least 15 people died on Wednesday due to a landslide.

WION Climate Tracker: At least 15 dead in a landslide in a Western Ugandan town

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