People in Uganda are once again living in fear of execution after a ruling upheld the country’s terrifying anti-LGBTQ law. The Uganda constitutional court this week upheld the country’s Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 that was signed into law by President Yoweri Museveni in May. It includes the death penalty for “aggravatedContinue Reading
An elderly woman has been dubbed a “miracle” after she did the unthinkable – becoming a mother at the ripe age of 70. Safina Namukwaya delivered twins, a boy and a girl, after receiving fertility treatment that has made her one of the world’s oldest new mothers. The remarkable deliveryContinue Reading
The world of online philanthropy is no stranger to controversy, and it seems that YouTuber MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, has fallen victim to the phenomenon of being “cancelled”. Donaldson initiated an ambitious project to fund the construction of 100 wells across Africa to provide clean drinking waterContinue Reading
KAMPALA: Twenty people died when a boat capsized in Ugandan waters on Lake Victoria on Wednesday morning, police said as rescuers and local residents searched for survivors. “So far 20 people have been confirmed dead, and nine (9) rescued,” the Uganda police force said on Twitter, which is being rebrandedContinue Reading
It has been one year since the overturning of Roe v Wade in the US. Meanwhile, this month, the West Australian government tabled an abortion reform bill. WA is proposing to move abortion from the Criminal Code into the Public Health Act. This Bill will mean that people in WAContinue Reading
Seeing gorillas in the wild – close enough to look them in the eye – feels like something only David Attenborough gets to do. But in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda, Africa it’s not only possible but it was surprisingly easy. Setting out with our ranger Amos there’s aContinue Reading
In a bánh mì shop in Uganda, some 11,000 kilometres away from Australia, Fosca Anirwoth understandably doesn’t know exactly who Malcolm Turnbull is. “But I know he’s a person of great influence,” she says. Now the new restaurant where Anirwoth works at in the country’s capital Kampala is hoping thatContinue Reading
While trekking through a forest in search of chimpanzees, it would be easy to be afraid of being attacked by a territorial chimp – after all, our guide Alex has a gun in case of any extreme emergencies. But it soon becomes apparent that flying testicles are a much moreContinue Reading
KAMPALA: Uganda has passed strict legislation for homosexual relationships in the country which criminalises anyone identifying as LGBTQ, Al Jazeera reported on Wednesday.This law could be the first to criminalise identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer because Uganda’s parliament just passed comprehensive anti-gay legislation that imposes harsh newContinue Reading
The International Criminal Court has taken the major step of issuing an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin over the Ukrainian war. But does this mean the Russian president, accused of the war crime of deporting children, is really ever likely to stand trial in The Hague? How could it happen?Continue Reading