THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Two Congolese militia leaders commanded forces that raped, killed and looted civilians in an attack that killed 200 people ...
If Uganda?s recently tabled Anti-Homosexuality Bill becomes law, Frank Mugisha and other individuals found campaigning for gay rights will face the choice of ...
Demonstrators targeted Uganda's UN mission in New York on Thursday to protest a proposed law that would punish homosexuality with life in prison in the eastern African country. About 40 people picketed the UN mission at Uganda House in Manhattan, chanting: "Gay ...
A new 12 million dollar family planning drive launched here Wednesday highlights how Obama administration funding has revamped a contraception drive in Africa and developing states, UN officials said, noting a sharp turnaround from the Bush era. The change in US policy ...
A Ugandan official says those who die from drinking illicit local gin should be caned 6 times A Ugandan government official says the bodies of those who die because of drinking a local illicit gin should be caned six times before burial ...
Mother of notorious Ugandan rebel leader makes last wish on death bed: 'Make peace' The mother of one of Africa's most notorious rebel leaders relayed one last wish for her son before her death Wednesday, according to a nurse at her deathbed: ...
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Rebels, kidnapped children, mutilation -- war zones are no joke, so when comedy writer Jane Bussmann embarked on an account of conflict-torn northern Uganda she had one rule: all the laughs would be at her expense. "The Worst ...
From rebel to nurse to king: Thousands throng to see Uganda's latest monarch crowned For years, Charles Wesley Mumbere worked as a nurse's aide in Maryland and Pennsylvania, caring for the elderly and sick. No one there suspected that he had inherited ...
Scientists finally able to estimate how many people eaten in 1898 lion rampage The nightly attacks by two man-eating lions terrified railway workers and brought construction to a halt in one of east Africa's most notorious onslaughts more than a hundred years ...
If Uganda's recently tabled Anti-Homosexuality Bill becomes law it would mark a major setback in the promotion of human rights, the US embassy in Kampala told AFP Thursday. "If adopted, a bill further criminalising homosexuality would constitute a significant step backwards for ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Men with larger foreskins are more likely to become infected with the AIDS virus, researchers said Wednesday in a finding that helps explain why circumcision can protect men. The study of 965 men in Uganda, all without AIDS at ...
Uganda's first lady Janate Museveni, left, shows Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, center, a craft made by internally displaced people while visiting an exhibition at the Africa Unions special summit for refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons in Africa at the Speke Resort ...
