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Uganda: Uganda Gets No Aid in Fight Against Gays
Observer, 2 March 2014
A week after President Museveni signed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill into law; the dire effects of that decision are becoming clear as angry donors begin to withhold aid. Read more »
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Uganda: Uganda Can Cope With Donor Suspension
EA Business, 3 March 2014
Top government officials last week were adamant the move by some Development Partners to cut off aid following the signing into law of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill by President… Read more »
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Uganda: Donors Should Not Be More Intolerant Than Anti-Gay Bill
Observer, 2 March 2014
Last week ended as dramatically as it started. On Monday, Uganda's largely anti-gay public had cheered as President Museveni veered off his pro-Western path and signed the… Read more »
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Uganda: World Bank Freezes Loan Over Anti-Gay Law
DW, 28 February 2014
The World Bank has postponed a loan to Uganda's health system because of the African country's new anti-gay law. Read more »
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Uganda: Global Fund Expresses "Deep Concern" About New Anti-Gay Law in Uganda
GFO, 28 February 2014
Implications for public health 'grave' - increase in transmission likely Read more »
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Uganda: German Aid for Uganda As Yet Unchanged
DW, 27 February 2014
Uganda's anti-gay law continues to draw harsh international criticism, with several western countries freezing aid. Germany's development ministry said any cuts to aid by Berlin… Read more »
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Uganda: Anti-Gay Law - Nigeria, Uganda May Lose U.S. Human Rights Ratings
This Day, 27 February 2014
US Secretary of State, Mr. John Kerry, will today present the country's 2013 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices that could affect Nigeria and Uganda's ratings on human… Read more »
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Africa: U.S. Launches Campaign Against Anti-Gay Laws
DW, 27 February 2014
Anti-gay crackdowns around the world have been declared human rights violations by US Secretary of State John Kerry. He's singled out Uganda, comparing its criminalization to… Read more »
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Uganda: Denmark, Norway Reduce Uganda Aid Over Anti-Gay Law
VOA, 26 February 2014
Two European countries are reducing aid to the Ugandan government because of its new anti-homosexuality law. Read more »
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Africa: The World Responds to Uganda's Anti-Gay Law. Africa, Not So Much.
Daily Maverick, 26 February 2014
With a stroke of a pen, President Yoweri Museveni made it even more illegal to be gay in Uganda. And don't even think about "promoting homosexuality", whatever that might mean. Read more »
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Uganda: Excerpt from the U.S. State Department Daily Press Briefing: Uganda, Egypt
State Department, 24 February 2014
Excerpt from the U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing Read more »
World Bank, Donors Respond to Uganda Gay Law
The World Bank is reportedly withholding a loan, while Norway, the Netherlands and Denmark are redirecting government aid to civil society and the private sector.InFocus
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The United Nations has called on the media to refrain from publishing names and pictures of people it claims to be homosexual calling it a violation of basic rights to privacy. Read more »
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In his speech after signing the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, President Yoweri Museveni suggested that the bill was designed to protect Ugandans from "Western civilizations trying to ... Read more »
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According to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the UN Commissioner for Human Rights, Ravi Pillay, the Anti-Homosexuality law in the country violates basic human rights. Read more »
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President Yoweri Museveni has signed into law a bill that would expose gays and lesbians in Uganda to life imprisonment in certain cases. The new law bans the "promotion" of ... Read more »
Uganda’s inadequate road infrastructure has been blamed from the increased traffic congestion in the country, especially in the capital, Kampala
