We’re joined by activist Frank Mugisha, who is currently in London to ask for support from the UK government.
Uganda has begun charging people under its draconian new anti-LGBT law, including two men accused of “aggravated homosexuality”, which can carry the death penalty.
Around 14 million people are thought to be living with mental illness in Uganda, yet just one percent of the country’s total health expenditure goes towards mental health.
Around 14 million people are thought to be living with mental illness in Uganda, yet just one percent of the country’s total health expenditure goes towards mental health.
Dr. Seggane Musisi is from Makerere University College of Health Sciences and his research includes the study of mental health care in Africa.
Krishnan spoke to Vanessa Nakate about why she became a climate activist, racism and online abuse she has experienced.
In Africa just two percent of people are vaccinated. It has just seen the worst surge in Covid cases since the pandemic began, with cases now doubling every 18 days.
Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni has won a sixth term in office after an election that has been marred by violence. Museveni maintained his grip on power after 35 years in office by winning nearly 60 per cent of the vote. But his challenger Bobi Wine urged people to reject the result saying it was the…
Ugandans vote tomorrow in a presidential election pitting Yoweri Museveni, who’s led the country for 35 years, against the challenger, the singer-turned-politician Bobi Wine.
We are in the capital Kampala and have been talking to the country’s president.
“We need to engage everyone” to undo opposition to homosexuality in Uganda, says Frank Mugisha, Uganda’s leading LGBT activist and a founder of Sexual Minorities Uganda.
Victoria Macdonald
There are fears that the fight against HIV is in danger as increasing numbers of countries introduce anti-gay laws. Health and Social Care Correspondent Victoria Macdonald reports from Melbourne.
The US government has warned its citizens in Uganda that an attack could take place at Entebbe International Airport.
Inigo Gilmore meets US pastor Scott Lively, one of a group of Americans thought to have influenced a new law in Uganda which carries some of the harshest penalties in the world for openly gay people.
Gay people in Uganda face life prison sentences after the country’s president signed a new anti-homosexual law.